This book is several years old but I came upon it in the audio book section and took it home. Like all of his medical thrillers this one was well-written and a page-turner - well, I of course didn't have any pages to turn with an audio book but you get the idea. There are three main characters in the book and although they seem disconnected Palmer weaves their three separate stories into one. Natalie is a world-class athlete and a medical student. Academically she is a good student, but sometimes she says what she thinks - next thing she knows she is on the verge of being kicked-out permanently. But her mentor tries to smooth things over and to keep her busy during her "time-out". He sends her to South America to present a research paper. She never gets a chance because her cab driver takes her to a deserted part of town and when she tries to escape she is shot.
Ben is a private detective. He's had two other careers before this one and he still hasn't found his passion. He is thinking of hanging it up when he is approached to do some more detecting. This job takes him to Florida to try and get an i.d. on a man killed on a highway.
Joe Anson is working in Africa on an important medical breakthrough. He might not finish because his lungs are giving out on him.
An interesting, well-paced mystery that you might want to check out if you didn't read it the first time around.
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