The Last Surgeon

For the author forum, BookPage brought together Sandra Brown, Carla Buckley and Michael Palmer to ask: What’s on your summer reading list?
Check out Michael’s Summer Selections.

The Second Opinion has been shortlisted in England for the Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Awards, in the medical-theme fiction section. The award will be given at a banquet in London on April 27th. Other commitments will keep Michael from attending in person, but his UK publishers, Random House, will be there.

Michael was a guest on The Stuph File Program to talk about his latest book, The Last Surgeon.
Michael Talks About The Last Surgeon on The Stuph File Program

The Stuph File Program

According to Relaxnews: “Michael Palmer’s medical thriller The Last Surgeon was released as an e-book and in hardcover on February 16. All 15 novels by the prolific writer have made best-seller lists; this newest title tells the story of Nick Garrity, an American trauma surgeon who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after having worked in a field hospital in Afghanistan following 9/11.”

Kindle weekly bestsellers*:
8. The Last Surgeon — Michael Palmer (new)
*Source: Publishers’ Marketplace

The NY Times hardcover fiction best seller list for the week 2/15/10 through 2/21/10 (to be published in the 3/7/10 issue of the Times Book Review) includes THE LAST SURGEON at #15. Adding to our excitement is that TLS was only on sale for 6 days, and also that the list is a cruncher, including [...]