Review of “The Fifth Vial” by Michael Palmer
I just finished this book yesterday and totally enjoyed it. I haven’t read a medical thriller in a very long time and was surprised when I was taken in so quickly by this book, THE FIFTH VIAL, by Michael Palmer. When I picked it out at the library I was skeptical. Maybe Robin Cook did that to me. His medical thrillers I used to love, but then they started all sounding the same and I pretty much lost my taste for that genre.
Anyway, this renewed those taste buds. The story begins with a retarded 16 year old who has been kidnapped and held in an RV. The writing and this action scene really drew me in. What is happening is that a secret society called The Guardians have enlisted the help of people from the medical community to steal organs from the poor and give them to the rich and powerful. The main character, a down on his luck private eye, Ben Gallagher, is hired by a woman who runs an organization called Organ Guard to find out what is happening to these poor people’s organs and the people they are stolen from. Ben finds a sense of purpose that he has not felt in years as he follows the trail to the rain forest of Brazil, to a hospital where the surgeries are performed.
A totally enthralling read. Check it out, you’ll be glad you did.
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