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Why do you love your child? Is it because they're a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because they're yours? Sarah and Phil love both their children, James and Lauren. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their perfect baby daughter has been born with a flaw: a tiny but life-changing glitch that is destined to shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably.

Los Angeles, 1920s: Socialite Mirielle West's days are crowded with shopping, luncheons, and prepping for the myriad glittering parties she attends with her actor husband, Charlie. She's been too busy to even notice the small patch of pale skin on the back of her hand. Other than an occasional overindulgence in gin and champagne, which helps to numb the pain of recent tragedy, Mirielle is the picture of health. But her doctor insists on more tests, and Mirielle reluctantly agrees. The diagnosis - leprosy - is devastating and unthinkable.

Here, Michael Palmer has created a cat-and-mouse game where one woman must confront a conspiracy of doctors to uncover an evil practice that touches every single person who ever has a medical test. With unforgettable characters and twists and betrayals that come from the most unlikely places, The Second Opinion will keep you guessing...and looking over your shoulder.

Dr. Jack Norris arrives at work one day to find out his best friend, Dr. John Connor, was gunned down by a patient gone mad. While helping the police uncover the reason for this calamity, Jack uncovers a ring of mass murders who will stop at nothing to become rich and famous, even if it means killing innocent lives.

William Randolph Marshall IV, widely regarded as the best plastic surgeon in the world for third-degree burn patients, believes he already has everything he could want in his privileged life: money, women, and the admiration of the medical community. Raised by parents who neither value nor acknowledge emotions, the tycoon can’t see himself in a long-term relationship. For him, physical satisfaction without deep attachment is the ideal arrangement with any partner.

Narcissist. Alcoholic. Drug addict. These are not typically qualities we look for when choosing a doctor. But this isn’t the world your parents grew up in. In troubled times, perhaps only a hero with a history of sin and enough character flaws to fill a textbook can get the job done. After all, one man’s insanity is another’s genius.

Jack first suspects something's not right when stable cardiac patients start dying. The press learns about the fatal trend, and the beleaguered doctor feels the heat until the plot against him is uncovered. Simon Lagrange, not yet done, has an even more ruthless plot in mind this time - one that threatens both Jack's life and his reputation. Jack must rely on his nurse Kate to uncover Simon's connection and stop the plot before more die.