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Sometimes People Die
- Narrated by: Greg Miller Burns
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
*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?
Critic reviews
‘A riveting read’ Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Year
‘A smartly-paced thriller’ Evening Standard
‘Dramatic, unnerving… exceptional’ The Sun
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- Miss G Charlesworth
- 15-12-22
Loved this
What an absolutely great book. Loved all the little fact sections about real life healthcare murders. Great narrator, would absolutely recommend
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- Corrina A Griffiths
- 31-07-23
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Very good listen had lots of twists and turns and false leads that kept you guessing
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- Janice Raine-Conick
- 18-04-23
A really compelling story!
Great book. I bought this book having heard the writer talking about it on the radio and the storyline is as compelling as he made it sound at that time. One of the few books that I've actually stopped what I'm doing to listen to. The performance enhanced the storyline even more. Will it be a story for everyone given the amount of medical detail? I would hope so, and hope that instead of frightening everyone about murder in medicine it will help everyone begin to understand and appreciate just how tough a job in medicine is!
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- BecciT
- 18-10-23
Compelling
I wanted to listen to this in one go and if it wasn’t for the fact that I had to work I probably would have! Gripping from beginning to end.
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- Caroline Tomlinson
- 02-12-22
Brilliant
Gripping to the end
We’ll written & read
Shame I’ve come to the end
Hopefully he’s writing another book
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- Anonymous User
- 28-11-22
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Great story with a good plot. great narrator once I got used to his style
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- Claire
- 26-12-22
Brilliant
Absolutely loved this book - great story that kept me guessing until the final chapter. Narration is spot on too.
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- Phil the Viking
- 03-12-22
The Best book I have listened to this year
I loved this book, the narrator had the perfect voice for the main Character,
Very different from most Crime books, at first just like listening to a biography then gets darker and lots of twists.
I think it must be very hard to come up with new plots in this genre but this was different and fascinating
I am immediately going to look for more work by this author
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- Amanda
- 27-02-23
Fantastic! Loved it
I rarely write reviews- but I couldn’t not write one for this book because I loved it and want to recommend it. So well written. The humour yet seriousness of it was perfectly balanced. It’s a brilliant book! I listened to it in record time as I was so enthralled.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-01-23
Fantastic.
I listened to this over two days. Absolutely fantastic, a real page turner. Loved it.
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