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Sometimes People Die

By: Simon Stephenson
Narrated by: Greg Miller Burns
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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?

©2022 Simon Stephenson (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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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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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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Very good listen had lots of twists and turns and false leads that kept you guessing

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Very good book.

I am a nurse, so it was good to hear a story that had reality of details.
Good story, and narrator is really good. Interspersed are factual accounts of actual medical murderers.
An unusual book but a very good listen.

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A surprise find

This was a wild card purchase. I read the reviews and thought it was worth a listen. Brilliant narration (a little over dramatic at times), good quality production and excellent writing. Pleased to have discovered another author. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

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Chilling…

…and not just for the well constructed murder mystery, which, itself, is well told by the author, and extremely well voiced by this appropriate sounding narrator. But why do we continue to treat medical staff (& this is under all governments & in more than just the UK) in this way, such that the ones who actually survive & remain in the profession are, by that time, so exhausted, worn out, damaged or dependent on intoxicants of whatever sort, that they cannot be functioning properly? Every profession, to some extent, ill treats its entrants, but there is surely no other profession where it’s as extreme or as counter-productive? Sorry: big long rant - don’t let it put you off this interesting & exciting book.

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couldn't stop listening

Gripping whodunnit, with fascinating insight into the world of medicine/hospitals. Beautifully read. Highly recommend.

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Good story, great narrator

The detachment of the story teller keeps you guessing till the end. Good twist; great characterisation.

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Gripping

Loved the story and the narration! Couldn’t stop listening and was sad when it came to the end

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Sometimes People Kill

This is a gripping account and shows that sometimes medical personnel act for the darkest of reasons, Extremely well narrated and utterly compelling.

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Brilliant!

Fantastic narrator. Great ‘whodunnit’. Will keep you hooked until the very end. Great foreshadowing that I totally missed!!

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