false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173654698m/311980.jpg 311980 18 From the blockbuster, eleven-time "New York Times" bestselling author comes a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give for tests? What else are they being used for? Why don't you know? Take a Deep Breath. . . . In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career. . . . Four thousand miles away, in a jungle hospital in Cameroon, a brilliant, 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 private detective, on the way to his third career, is hired to determine the identify of a John Doe, killed on a Florida highway, with mysterious marks on his body. Three seemingly disconnected lives, surging unrelentingly toward one another. Three lives becoming irrevocably intertwined. Three lives in mounting peril, moving ever closer to the ultimate confrontation against a deadly secret society with godlike aspirations and roots in antiquity. Medical student. Scientist. Private eye. Three people who will learn the deeper meanings of brilliance and madness, truth and deception, trust and betrayal. Three lives linked forever by a single vial of blood--the fifth vial. 3101374 20 2 2007 The Fifth Vial total:505|5:95|4:177|3:175|2:46|1:12| 505 1812 691 132 1 1 false false Thu May 24 18:39:36 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 06:40:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:27:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 14:11:28 -0800 2009
I don't usually do the thriller/mystery kind of stuff, so I wasn't sure how much I'd enjoy it. It was a little slow t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 07:12:39 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 07:13:21 -0700 2007 2 1 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 08:06:50 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 05:30:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 13:17:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 18:43:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:07:13 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 11:08:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 06:31:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 03:25:27 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 06:31:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:21:56 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 07 09:54:53 -0700 2009 I was intrigued by this book – illegal organ harvesting? Fascinating. And I thought that the fact the author was a doctor himself made this medical thriller that much more believable. The author does an excellent job of weaving the real life medical bits with the medical thriller portion of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 27 10:35:55 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:35:55 -0800 2008
Though he lacks Cook’s global acclaim, Palmer released his twelfth medical thriller this year with The Fifth Vial, a s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 28 00:49:57 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 02:26:17 -0800 2008 The Fifth Vial is a medical thriller in the ’surely that couldn’t happen outside fiction…could it?’ vein. In what appear to be unrelated incidents a coroner in Florida finds recent surgery scars on the body of an unidentified man hit by a truck on the highway and a Boston detective is hired ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 06 17:54:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 17:54:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true true Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 14:04:11 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:53:50 -0800 2009 1 Little does she know that the events as they un...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:02:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:52:03 -0700 2009 It was strange that the whole book was about illegal organ tra...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 04:59:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 04:59:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 14:46:42 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 14:46:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 22:26:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 22:35:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 13:11:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 13:12:54 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 11:06:55 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:09:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 10 09:48:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 09:49:13 -0800 2008 The Fifth Vial chronicles several people’s quests to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:40:39 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:43:07 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=311980