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A riveting read Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year A smartly-paced thriller Evening Standard Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional The Sun SELECTED FOR BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERS A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Pick THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Crime Book of the Year THE GUARDIAN’s Best Recent Crime and... Read More
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Sometimes People Die

‘A riveting read’ Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year

‘A smartly-paced thriller’ Evening Standard

‘Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional’ The Sun

A SUNDAY TIMES Crime Book of the Month and NEW YORK TIMES Editor Pick

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A riveting read Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year

A smartly-paced thriller Evening Standard

Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional The Sun

SELECTED FOR BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERS
A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Pick
THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Crime Book of the Year
THE GUARDIAN’s Best Recent Crime and Thrillers
THE EVENING STANDARD’s Best New Books of 2022
THE TIMES’ Best Crime Books of 2022

The year is 1999. Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a young Scottish doctor takes the only job he can find: a post as a senior house officer in the struggling east London hospital of St Luke’s.

Amid the maelstrom of sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards, a darker secret soon declares itself: too many patients are dying.

Which of the medical professionals our protagonist has encountered is behind the murders? And can our unnamed narrator’s version of the events be trusted?

A delightful read. The serial killer plotline is an added bonus. I loved it Kathy Reichs, the #1 New York Times bestseller

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008547653

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 February 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Borough Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Simon Stephenson is the author of the award-winning Let Not the Waves of the Sea (2012), a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami.  He works as a screenwriter in both the UK and the US, and his credits include the forthcoming Amazon film 'Louis Wain', starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This is his first novel.

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