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Simon Stephenson
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When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted?
Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a physician at the struggling St. Luke's Hospital in east London. Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, overworked staff and underfunded wards, a more insidious secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying. And a murderer may be lurking in plain sight.
Drawing on his experiences as a physician, Simon Stephenson takes readers into the dark heart of life as a hospitalist to ask the question: Who are the people we gift the power of life and death, and what does it do to them?
As beautifully written and witty as it is propulsive, Sometimes People Die is an unforgettable thriller that will haunt you long after you turn the last page.
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead. When death is sudden or unexplained, it falls to Shepherd to establish the cause. Each post-mortem is a detective story in its own right - and Shepherd has performed over 23,000 of them. Through his skill, dedication and insight, Dr Shepherd solves the puzzle to answer our most pressing question: how did this person die?
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- By Zoesmydog on 06-21-19
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Down Among the Dead Men
- A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
- By: Michelle Williams, Keith McCarthy
- Narrated by: Liz Holliss
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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Michelle Williams, an attractive young woman with close family ties and an active social life, describes her first extraordinary year in her unusual new job as a mortuary technician. It’s a year in which, with innate good humour, she encounters death at its most tragic, bizarre, and hilarious. Her tale, neither gruesome nor sad, is enlivened by a range of colourful and eccentric characters, from pathologists and coroners to hospital porters and undertakers, giving us a glimpse of life - and death - that few of us will ever experience.
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Things you never wanted to know about a mortuary
- By Martin on 09-25-12
By: Michelle Williams, and others
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Critical Care
- A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
- By: Theresa Brown
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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In her former career as an English professor, Theresa Brown had been shielded from the harsh reality of death. That all changed the day she decided to become an oncology nurse. In Critical Care, Theresa writes powerfully and honestly about her first year on the hospital floor. With great compassion and a disarming sense of humor, she shares the trials and triumphs of her patients and comes to realize that caring for a patient means much more than simply treating a disease.
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- By Susan on 10-12-17
By: Theresa Brown
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Doctored
- The Disillusionment of an American Physician
- By: Sandeep Jauhar
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Hoping for the stability he needs to start a family, Sandeep Jauhar, an attending cardiologist, accepts a position at a massive teaching hospital on the outskirts of Queens. With a decade's worth of elite medical training behind him, he is eager to settle down and reap the rewards of countless sleepless nights. Instead, he is confronted with sobering truths. Doctors' morale is low and getting lower.
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Frank, inside perspective on the follies of unintended consequences in medical reform
- By JW on 02-25-18
By: Sandeep Jauhar
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Dying for Daddy
- The True Story of a Family's Worst Nightmare
- By: Carlton Smith
- Narrated by: Dustin Tucker
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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On a picturesque street in Sacramento County, California, three healthy saplings stand side by side. But what they symbolize are the deaths of three innocent people - two of them children. The man who took their lives, then planted trees in their honor, was their own husband and father. Hearts went out to Jack Barron when his wife, Irene, died mysteriously in her sleep. Soon after, his two young children were also found dead in their beds. Barron claimed they suffered from the same rare genetic disorder as their mother.
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unbelievable
- By Anonymous User on 04-14-20
By: Carlton Smith
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Your Heart, My Hands
- An Immigrant's Remarkable Journey to Become One of America's Preeminent Cardiac Surgeons
- By: Arun K. Singh MD, John Hanc - contributor, Delos Cosgrove MD - foreword
- Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Leaving a life marked by crippling setbacks and his father's doubt, in 1967 a 20-something doctor from India arrived in America with only five dollars and the desire to claim his American dream. Faced with an entirely new culture, racism, and the lasting effects of disabling childhood injuries, through hard work and perseverance he overcame all odds. Now having performed over 15,000 open-heart surgeries, more than nearly every surgeon in history, Dr. Singh reflects on his most memorable patients and his incredible personal life.
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Remarkable!
- By Stacey on 12-01-22
By: Arun K. Singh MD, and others
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a Black man, went into Virginia’s top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a White businessman. Now, in The Organ Thieves, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker’s death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family’s permission or knowledge.
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Not your story to tell
- By Bianca S on 11-22-20
By: Chip Jones
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Dick Francis's Gamble
- By: Felix Francis
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Nicholas “Foxy” Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career-ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him—and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments.
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Frustration
- By Anonymous User on 08-24-11
By: Felix Francis
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.
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Just as you breathe, you dream your story
- By Darwin8u on 08-26-15
By: Haruki Murakami
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When Breath Becomes Air
- By: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated.
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Phenomenal book!
- By A. Potter on 01-16-16
By: Paul Kalanithi, and others
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- Fletcher
- 02-12-24
Meh
The idea of this book sounds good but it was drawn out. I felt like it became 2 books in 1
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- Garden Serene
- 09-09-23
Great narrator interesting plot until close to the end
Love listening to the narrator with the Scottish tongue. The story starts of strong and moves forward. Certainly there is some humor but mostly the story is a medical thriller with info on serial medical killers interspersed. It starts to drag towards the end and the end was weak. Like the author ran out of steam and couldn’t come up with a decent plot ending.
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- Avid series reader
- 10-24-22
An Unusual Book
about an usual subject told in an interesting way. Some reviewers have suggested this book is humorous. I disagree. It is a serious book, a fascinating book because it was well researched and plotted.
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- SA
- 07-10-23
Great book!
Not a traditional thriller, but gripping nonetheless. Well-developed, believably flawed characters, excellent writing, interesting medical tidbits, gripping plot. This author respects his readers' intelligence, which is a breath of fresh air.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-24-23
Gripping story and great narration!
I didn’t expect to like this book so much, but the intriguing narrator and slow-build storyline hooked me. The performance was superb also. A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
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- E. Marisol
- 09-25-23
One of the best books I’ve listened to
This book reads like a true story.. like someone is dictating their Memoirs and you’re sitting across from them with your jaw dropping. This intimate sense of engagement makes it all the more remarkable, in addition to the other top-notch aspects of this book. Characters, great story, etc.
It took me into the world of Doctors, Nurses and the Emergency Ward environment, bringing on an empathy I wouldn’t have known otherwise; as I’ve only seen it from a ‘patient’ standpoint.
It’s also scattered with captivating factual tidbits of atrocious human behaviors from medical staff throughout history. More jaw dropping and squinting my face while my husband looks at me from across the room asking if I’m okay…:-)
This was a fascinating mystery that strays from the norm, is staked with relatable human fallibility, and I’m grateful to have come across this book. Very well done!
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- Rebecca
- 05-28-24
Excellent
Excellent story, excellent narrator, excellent book. Don’t be discouraged by the lackluster title. This author is going places
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- nancy
- 08-17-24
Engaging
Realistic depiction of stresses faced by new doctors flawed but likable characters Had some trouble with the Scottish accent but eventually got used to it
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- ken rn
- 08-27-24
The hospital that took these Dr.s for 2nd chance
I liked the author's subtle humor. It added character and depth to the book! I could relate to the characters because I've worked in the medical field my whole career.
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- S. Blakely
- 09-06-23
Fascinating story & wonderful narrator
Great book for mystery and medical thriller lovers. It’s underrated by many reviewers. There are moments of humor, but it’s a serious mystery because it deals with hospitalized patients, suicide, addiction in the medical field, and murder. There are several well drawn characters and a very twisty plot.
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