{"product_id":"the-fifth-vial-9781250230485","title":"The Fifth Vial","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career... In a hospital four thousand miles away, a reclusive scientist, dying from an incurable disease that threatens to make each tortured breath his last, is on the verge of perfecting a serum that could save millions of lives--and bring others inestimable wealth... In Chicago, a disillusioned detective is hired to determine the identity of a John Doe, killed on a Florida highway, with mysterious marks on his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree seemingly disconnected lives, surging unrelentingly toward one another--\u003cbr\u003eand linked forever by \u003cb\u003eTHE FIFTH VIAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2013) wrote internationally bestselling novels of medical suspense, including \u003ci\u003eThe First Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Opinion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Surgeon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Heartbeat Away\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOath of Office\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePolitical Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eExtreme Measures\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a movie starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. Palmer earned his bachelor's degree at Wesleyan University, and he attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine. In addition to his writing, Palmer was an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services, devoted to helping physicians troubled by mental illness, physical illness, behavioral issues, and chemical dependency. He lived in eastern Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414831337746,"sku":"9781250230485","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4df2f992-03f5-439c-bc84-ec7d61e7f2bb.jpg?v=1729387377","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fifth-vial-9781250230485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}