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Do No Harm
My son has been taken. And I’ve been given a choice…
Kill a patient on the operating table. Or never see him again.
The man lies on the table in front of me.
As a surgeon, it’s my job to save him.
As a mother, I know I must kill him.
You might think that I’m a monster.
But there really is only one choice.
I must get away with murder.
Or I will never see my son again.
I’VE SAVED MANY LIVES.
WOULD YOU TRUST ME WITH YOURS?
Kill a patient on the operating table. Or never see him again.
The man lies on the table in front of me.
As a surgeon, it’s my job to save him.
As a mother, I know I must kill him.
You might think that I’m a monster.
But there really is only one choice.
I must get away with murder.
Or I will never see my son again.
I’VE SAVED MANY LIVES.
WOULD YOU TRUST ME WITH YOURS?
432 pages, Hardcover
First published May 26, 2022
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June 20, 2022
I really don't mind an over-the-top story line, if it is done in a way that is possible, even if it is seemingly impossible.
A heart surgeon, Anna, is operating on a high profile patient. The baddies are waiting for her to intentionally kill him, otherwise, they will harm her young son. She believes them. The stakes are high. Anna is holding the scalpel and must make a decision. The operating room scene was the most suspenseful for me.
It is dark and twisty alright, but after a good beginning, there were too many gaping plot holes, uneven pacing, unlikeable/irredeemable characters and unexplained conclusions. I had so many questions that were just left unanswered. I'm wasn't the right reader for this one.
Overall, a miss for me.
Released May 2022
A heart surgeon, Anna, is operating on a high profile patient. The baddies are waiting for her to intentionally kill him, otherwise, they will harm her young son. She believes them. The stakes are high. Anna is holding the scalpel and must make a decision. The operating room scene was the most suspenseful for me.
It is dark and twisty alright, but after a good beginning, there were too many gaping plot holes, uneven pacing, unlikeable/irredeemable characters and unexplained conclusions. I had so many questions that were just left unanswered. I'm wasn't the right reader for this one.
Overall, a miss for me.
Released May 2022
January 14, 2023
You know those thrillers where you roll your eyes and think ‘yeah,right’ ? Where you want to tell the author that unlikely twists aren’t always the best option? In do no harm I actually bought the plot. I could imagine someone using a surgeon to take someone’s life. The book had my heart thumping all the way through, and I loved how all the characters related to each other. I could absolutely relate to the surgeon and her dilemmas. The detective’s POV also had value.
All in all a solid medical thriller that I’ll warmly recommend to others.
All in all a solid medical thriller that I’ll warmly recommend to others.
March 19, 2022
An operating theatre, a heart operation, nothing is working and the point of no return is fast approaching as is death......
Thus starts the chapter sample. If I’m being completely honest there is insufficient here to judge how this book will pan out as it’s literally a few pages we’ve been given. It certainly captures the tension of the surgery and it does leave you full of questions and anticipation for the whole book and wanting more! It feels real, authentic, raw and well, gory!
With thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the chapter sample in return for an honest review.
Rating is a complete guess!
Thus starts the chapter sample. If I’m being completely honest there is insufficient here to judge how this book will pan out as it’s literally a few pages we’ve been given. It certainly captures the tension of the surgery and it does leave you full of questions and anticipation for the whole book and wanting more! It feels real, authentic, raw and well, gory!
With thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the chapter sample in return for an honest review.
Rating is a complete guess!
October 1, 2024
Well this started like a house on fire 🔥 but quickly lost its impact Anna a very unlikeable character, the plot line sounds interesting only to be dragged out with OTT reveals very underwhelming indeed!
Anna Jones is a surgeon who takes care of her patients she is a cardiologist while at home she gets a call from an unknown person that her son has been kidnapped as every mother would be she was horrified but her son is alive & will stay that way if she kills Ahmed Shabir in two days he is a member of Parliament. Shabir lies on the operating table will she do it?
There is quite a bit of gore that I can’t get through TW Anna pulls out her eye lashes & eats them Ewwwwww disgusting 🤮.
Anna Jones is a surgeon who takes care of her patients she is a cardiologist while at home she gets a call from an unknown person that her son has been kidnapped as every mother would be she was horrified but her son is alive & will stay that way if she kills Ahmed Shabir in two days he is a member of Parliament. Shabir lies on the operating table will she do it?
There is quite a bit of gore that I can’t get through TW Anna pulls out her eye lashes & eats them Ewwwwww disgusting 🤮.
April 20, 2022
Do No Harm is going to do you, yes you the reader a lot of harm!
Oh you will find this so riveting that your whole day is going to circle around this book.
Switch off your devices, phones, iPad, put up a “do not disturb “ grab a coffee and some snacks and settle down…..but only for a minute until Jack Jordan gets you uncomfortable again! On the edge of your seat and biting your nails.
It’s a dilemma that you could ask yourself if you were in this surgeons shoes.
What would you do?
Read it, let me know.
Another fabulous read from Jack.
He may only write every so often but all of his books are well worth the wait.
Oh you will find this so riveting that your whole day is going to circle around this book.
Switch off your devices, phones, iPad, put up a “do not disturb “ grab a coffee and some snacks and settle down…..but only for a minute until Jack Jordan gets you uncomfortable again! On the edge of your seat and biting your nails.
It’s a dilemma that you could ask yourself if you were in this surgeons shoes.
What would you do?
Read it, let me know.
Another fabulous read from Jack.
He may only write every so often but all of his books are well worth the wait.
July 18, 2022
~ Quick Summary ~
To save her son, Anna, a surgeon, must kill the man on her operating table and get away with it.
~ Pick this up if you enjoy/don’t mind the following ~
🤼 Three POVs, all with backstories
🕵️ Not as much mystery due to three POVs
💊 Medical jargon and suspenseful surgery scenes
📚 Dark
~ What I Enjoyed ~
The surgery scenes were by far the best and most suspenseful.
I was intrigued at the start.
Anna’s perspective. Seeing her try to rationalise what she was doing and lying to get away with it.
~ What I didn’t enjoy ~
The three points of views took away some of the mystery and they were a distraction. We know what's coming and what the characters are planning. For example, when Anna was interrogated by Rachel we get both perspectives in detail and exactly what they are thinking so we know if Anna is getting away with it or not. Even though they had backstories I didn’t feel attached to any of them. In fact, I wish this only focused on Anna, that way there would be mystery around what the detectives know and what Margot was planning.
I didn’t like the antagonists, how they were discovered and the connection. It was by luck and just such a big coincidence.
Characters making silly decisions. I especially didn’t like Margot, she just kept on digging herself into a hole which was used to progress the plot.
To save her son, Anna, a surgeon, must kill the man on her operating table and get away with it.
~ Pick this up if you enjoy/don’t mind the following ~
🤼 Three POVs, all with backstories
🕵️ Not as much mystery due to three POVs
💊 Medical jargon and suspenseful surgery scenes
📚 Dark
~ What I Enjoyed ~
The surgery scenes were by far the best and most suspenseful.
I was intrigued at the start.
Anna’s perspective. Seeing her try to rationalise what she was doing and lying to get away with it.
~ What I didn’t enjoy ~
The three points of views took away some of the mystery and they were a distraction. We know what's coming and what the characters are planning. For example, when Anna was interrogated by Rachel we get both perspectives in detail and exactly what they are thinking so we know if Anna is getting away with it or not. Even though they had backstories I didn’t feel attached to any of them. In fact, I wish this only focused on Anna, that way there would be mystery around what the detectives know and what Margot was planning.
I didn’t like the antagonists, how they were discovered and the connection. It was by luck and just such a big coincidence.
Characters making silly decisions. I especially didn’t like Margot, she just kept on digging herself into a hole which was used to progress the plot.
March 24, 2023
Do No Harm is a highly awaited mystery thriller by Jack Jordan published by Simon & Schuster UK. In 2022, through Net Galley, I was fortunate to read an excerpt (the first chapter) of the novel. Having loved all his previous novels, I jumped at this opportunity, and reviewed the first chapter. Now I have been lucky enough to receive a widget on Net Galley through The Book Club Reviewer Request Group to read the whole novel.
His Novels Include:
Anything for Her (2015)
My Girl (2016)
Before Her Eyes (2018)
Night by Night (2019)
Do No Harm (2022)
Novellas
A Woman Scorned (2018)
This is my review of Do No Harm. (Full Novel)
Do No Harm sets the stage where a heart surgeon must choose to kill a patient on the operating table, or her kidnapped son will die.
Dr. Anna Jones, a cardiothoracic surgeon, in a few days will be performing one of the biggest operations of her career, for Ahmed Shabir, MP and future leader of the Labour Party. The kidnappers advise Anna that she must kill this patient on the operating table or lose her son forever. As a surgeon she has taken an oath to save lives…but as a mother she must do what she needs to do to save her child.
There is only one choice! What a dilemma!
The fast-paced plot is edgy, dark and unpredictable and highly recommended. Another winner! I really enjoyed this novel. I couldn’t put it down. Brilliant ending!
Many thanks to the author and The Book Club Reviewer Request Group (FB) and Netgalley for my digital copy.
His Novels Include:
Anything for Her (2015)
My Girl (2016)
Before Her Eyes (2018)
Night by Night (2019)
Do No Harm (2022)
Novellas
A Woman Scorned (2018)
This is my review of Do No Harm. (Full Novel)
Do No Harm sets the stage where a heart surgeon must choose to kill a patient on the operating table, or her kidnapped son will die.
Dr. Anna Jones, a cardiothoracic surgeon, in a few days will be performing one of the biggest operations of her career, for Ahmed Shabir, MP and future leader of the Labour Party. The kidnappers advise Anna that she must kill this patient on the operating table or lose her son forever. As a surgeon she has taken an oath to save lives…but as a mother she must do what she needs to do to save her child.
There is only one choice! What a dilemma!
The fast-paced plot is edgy, dark and unpredictable and highly recommended. Another winner! I really enjoyed this novel. I couldn’t put it down. Brilliant ending!
Many thanks to the author and The Book Club Reviewer Request Group (FB) and Netgalley for my digital copy.
June 27, 2022
Do skilled surgeons really make the best murderers?
Kidnappers demand that a renowned heart surgeon kill a high-profile patient in the operating room in exchange for the safe return of her abducted son.
The book's ultra-compelling premise is very, very similar to the television 2013 series "Hostages" starring Toni Collette and Tate Donovan.
In "Hostages", a female physician was also asked to violate her Hippocratic oath in order to protect the safety of her family.
"Do No Harm" unfolds from the perspectives of the surgeon, the surgeon's operating assistant, and the police detective.
The book is fast-paced and starts off strong but quickly transforms itself into a hot mess with sooooo many plot holes.
There was one element of the book's ending that I really liked but will refrain from providing specifics to avoid spoilers.
I listened to the full-cast audiobook and multiple narrators are always much appreciated.
The narrator reading the role of the surgeon had a voice that was grating when she became excited and when this happened, I had to remove my headphones to avoid getting a headache. (UGH!)
2.5 stars, rounded up.
Kidnappers demand that a renowned heart surgeon kill a high-profile patient in the operating room in exchange for the safe return of her abducted son.
The book's ultra-compelling premise is very, very similar to the television 2013 series "Hostages" starring Toni Collette and Tate Donovan.
In "Hostages", a female physician was also asked to violate her Hippocratic oath in order to protect the safety of her family.
"Do No Harm" unfolds from the perspectives of the surgeon, the surgeon's operating assistant, and the police detective.
The book is fast-paced and starts off strong but quickly transforms itself into a hot mess with sooooo many plot holes.
There was one element of the book's ending that I really liked but will refrain from providing specifics to avoid spoilers.
I listened to the full-cast audiobook and multiple narrators are always much appreciated.
The narrator reading the role of the surgeon had a voice that was grating when she became excited and when this happened, I had to remove my headphones to avoid getting a headache. (UGH!)
2.5 stars, rounded up.
June 11, 2022
There is alot of hype around Do No Harm by Jack Jordan and I was dying to get my hands on a copy. A bug thank you to Simon and Schuster Australia for approving my request on Netgalley... I was so excited! I have read most of Jack's previous books and they have all been exciting reads that I powered through. Do No Harm was no different. I really had to know how these characters were going to get themselves out of these situations.
Anna is a heart surgeon and a mother. What would you do in her shoes - to save her son who has been kidnapped, she must kill her patient, a high profile MP. If she wants to see her son again she has to do the unthinkable and break her oath as a medical professional. How far will she go to save her son.
There really isn't anymore you need to know about the story, that was enough to suck me in. There is alot more going on and it will have you turning pages until late in the night. Another fantastic read Jack Jordan.
Do No Harm is published in Australia on June 1st
Anna is a heart surgeon and a mother. What would you do in her shoes - to save her son who has been kidnapped, she must kill her patient, a high profile MP. If she wants to see her son again she has to do the unthinkable and break her oath as a medical professional. How far will she go to save her son.
There really isn't anymore you need to know about the story, that was enough to suck me in. There is alot more going on and it will have you turning pages until late in the night. Another fantastic read Jack Jordan.
Do No Harm is published in Australia on June 1st
June 6, 2022
Do no harm was just as page turning as I had hoped and it was intensely emersive at parts. But after finishing it yesterday I kind of forgot that I had read it until I saw it as read. Not completely forgettable and a good thriller but not something that made a huge impact either. 3.5 stars
June 17, 2022
This is a a new author to me and I shall keep a lookout for more.
In this book, Anna Jones is a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon who is about to perform surgery on a very prominent up and coming political figure. However, there is a group who want this surgery to fail and they will stop at nothing to hold a virtual gun to Anna's head.
The dilemma, give these people what they want and commit career suicide or face what to her is a worse alternative?
Then there is Margot, a theatre nurse with a recreational drug habit, who makes ends meet by petty theft from her colleagues lockers. She believes that she can see through Anna and use that to her advantage.
Will these two desperate women take each other down or will they save each other?
A book that deals with the technicalities of complex surgery and hospital dynamics well. A gripping plot that will hook you in and a train wreck unfolding that you cannot look away from. Happy to recommend this suspense thriller.
Thank you Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this digital ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.
In this book, Anna Jones is a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon who is about to perform surgery on a very prominent up and coming political figure. However, there is a group who want this surgery to fail and they will stop at nothing to hold a virtual gun to Anna's head.
The dilemma, give these people what they want and commit career suicide or face what to her is a worse alternative?
Then there is Margot, a theatre nurse with a recreational drug habit, who makes ends meet by petty theft from her colleagues lockers. She believes that she can see through Anna and use that to her advantage.
Will these two desperate women take each other down or will they save each other?
A book that deals with the technicalities of complex surgery and hospital dynamics well. A gripping plot that will hook you in and a train wreck unfolding that you cannot look away from. Happy to recommend this suspense thriller.
Thank you Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this digital ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.
April 29, 2022
It is your job as a surgeon to save the man on the table, it is also your job as a mother to ensure no harm comes to your child. How do you choose between one man’s life and your own child’s …an impossible choice… or is it? You must get away with murder or never see your son again…
What would you do if your child had been taken and you were given an ultimatum … Kill one of your patients on the operating table or your child dies? Do you, Do No Harm?
The story is told from three main POV first there is:
Anna who is the revered (although considered uppity) cardiac surgeon she has the perfect life… or does she?
One day she comes home to her giant McMansion to find strangers inside, she thinks her, cheating ex-husband has organised for the place to be cleaned out but as she takes a closer look she realises with horror there is something more sinister going on. Anna’s son has been kidnapped and the kidnappers demand that she kill her upcoming high profile patient. A Labor MP who will be running for reelection - not knowing what to do but also not being given much choice Anna’s life is sent into turmoil.
We also meet:
Margot, a scrub nurse who is trying to make her way but failing through every step. She has turned into a petty thief at work, to try and make the ends of her broke life meet, but it is quickly falling apart. She is in debt, pregnant to a one night stand, doesn’t want to rely on her deadbeat family and has no where to turn… when pushed to the brink of no return what is Margot willing to do and how far is she willing to go to get what she ‘deserves’.
And Lastly:
Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty, haunted by the past and her own son’s disappearance many years earlier she is like a dog with a bone trying to find the truth. In all honesty I found very little to connect with about this character that, this is all I will say.
This book sounded GREAT from the outset I was hooked I love a medical drama/thriller. The first 20% was going along alright but then it took a massive nosedive. The story is convoluted and contrived, the characters were unlikable which is normally not a deal breaker but in the case of the story beginning to become boring you really want to connect with someone.
Especially someone who has had their child stolen, or someone so down on their luck you want to root for them or even the police inspector you want her to catch the bad guys or girls… no one … literally no one I cared enough about.
Something that continued to irk me throughout the story was the amount of times I had to read about how sweaty someone was. This is a running theme for me at the moment. Lately, in the books I am reading I have to read how a characters back was ‘damp’, or they ‘stank of sweat’ or they were ‘dripping with sweat’ - NO - that is enough!!!
I get it people are nervous and people sweat but I do not want to read line after line about the dripping, damp, pooling sweat. Gross!!
The ending - too much - way too much. It got stupid and then there was a little sinister turning point where we were supposed to be creeped out but by that stage I was just so glad to close my kindle and turn the light out and be done.
I wanted to like it, but I didn’t and I realise I am the outlier but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster (Australia), NetGalley and the Author for the opportunity to read this book ahead of the publishing date, in exchange for an honest review.
What would you do if your child had been taken and you were given an ultimatum … Kill one of your patients on the operating table or your child dies? Do you, Do No Harm?
The story is told from three main POV first there is:
Anna who is the revered (although considered uppity) cardiac surgeon she has the perfect life… or does she?
One day she comes home to her giant McMansion to find strangers inside, she thinks her, cheating ex-husband has organised for the place to be cleaned out but as she takes a closer look she realises with horror there is something more sinister going on. Anna’s son has been kidnapped and the kidnappers demand that she kill her upcoming high profile patient. A Labor MP who will be running for reelection - not knowing what to do but also not being given much choice Anna’s life is sent into turmoil.
We also meet:
Margot, a scrub nurse who is trying to make her way but failing through every step. She has turned into a petty thief at work, to try and make the ends of her broke life meet, but it is quickly falling apart. She is in debt, pregnant to a one night stand, doesn’t want to rely on her deadbeat family and has no where to turn… when pushed to the brink of no return what is Margot willing to do and how far is she willing to go to get what she ‘deserves’.
And Lastly:
Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty, haunted by the past and her own son’s disappearance many years earlier she is like a dog with a bone trying to find the truth. In all honesty I found very little to connect with about this character that, this is all I will say.
This book sounded GREAT from the outset I was hooked I love a medical drama/thriller. The first 20% was going along alright but then it took a massive nosedive. The story is convoluted and contrived, the characters were unlikable which is normally not a deal breaker but in the case of the story beginning to become boring you really want to connect with someone.
Especially someone who has had their child stolen, or someone so down on their luck you want to root for them or even the police inspector you want her to catch the bad guys or girls… no one … literally no one I cared enough about.
Something that continued to irk me throughout the story was the amount of times I had to read about how sweaty someone was. This is a running theme for me at the moment. Lately, in the books I am reading I have to read how a characters back was ‘damp’, or they ‘stank of sweat’ or they were ‘dripping with sweat’ - NO - that is enough!!!
I get it people are nervous and people sweat but I do not want to read line after line about the dripping, damp, pooling sweat. Gross!!
The ending - too much - way too much. It got stupid and then there was a little sinister turning point where we were supposed to be creeped out but by that stage I was just so glad to close my kindle and turn the light out and be done.
I wanted to like it, but I didn’t and I realise I am the outlier but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster (Australia), NetGalley and the Author for the opportunity to read this book ahead of the publishing date, in exchange for an honest review.
May 14, 2022
Firstly got to say the hardback has a great cover,certainly one that stands out and will catch readers eyes
I did enjoy this book but felt it very similar to a TV series I saw a few years ago ( and adaption of an original Israeli drama ),the name escapes me but anyway that’s not a negative just worth mentioning
The start is dynamic and tense and you get to meet the main characters and I think get the gist that even those that are not ‘baddies’ are flawed and maybe not overly likeable but play their parts convincingly
The story itself is dramatic,it never lets up throughout and draws you in,am not so sure as it goes on that is fully believeable but thats up to the individual reader to decide
So yes this is all told a good read,you will get more and more involved and not want to put the book down as the story progresses and wonder to yourself ‘just how far would you go to save your family’ even if that means taking another’s life….
7/10
3.5 Stars rounded up to 4
I did enjoy this book but felt it very similar to a TV series I saw a few years ago ( and adaption of an original Israeli drama ),the name escapes me but anyway that’s not a negative just worth mentioning
The start is dynamic and tense and you get to meet the main characters and I think get the gist that even those that are not ‘baddies’ are flawed and maybe not overly likeable but play their parts convincingly
The story itself is dramatic,it never lets up throughout and draws you in,am not so sure as it goes on that is fully believeable but thats up to the individual reader to decide
So yes this is all told a good read,you will get more and more involved and not want to put the book down as the story progresses and wonder to yourself ‘just how far would you go to save your family’ even if that means taking another’s life….
7/10
3.5 Stars rounded up to 4
April 4, 2024
When girly started eating her eyelashes I was out tbh
March 17, 2022
This is a brilliant thriller.
This is the first book I’ve read by Jack Jordan and I’ll definitely be looking out for his other books.
The story is told from three people’s perspectives - Anna who is a heart surgeon, Margot who is a nurse and works with Anna and Rachel who is a Detective.
Anna comes home from work to find strangers in her house and no sign of her son, Zack.
They tell her if she wants to see him again she must kill an MP who is scheduled for heart surgery in a few days time.
Her neighbour, Paula, who was looking after Zack had been killed and Anna is devastated by the loss of her son and the killing of her neighbour.
Margot is in serious debt and when she sees what Anna does during the operation on the MP, uses this to blackmail Anna.
Rachel is investigating the murder of Paula and suspects something has happened to Zack and will not let it drop.
That’s about all I can say without any spoilers but you are in for a real treat if you like an action packed thriller.
This is a brilliant book that will have you racing through the pages.
This is the first book I’ve read by Jack Jordan and I’ll definitely be looking out for his other books.
The story is told from three people’s perspectives - Anna who is a heart surgeon, Margot who is a nurse and works with Anna and Rachel who is a Detective.
Anna comes home from work to find strangers in her house and no sign of her son, Zack.
They tell her if she wants to see him again she must kill an MP who is scheduled for heart surgery in a few days time.
Her neighbour, Paula, who was looking after Zack had been killed and Anna is devastated by the loss of her son and the killing of her neighbour.
Margot is in serious debt and when she sees what Anna does during the operation on the MP, uses this to blackmail Anna.
Rachel is investigating the murder of Paula and suspects something has happened to Zack and will not let it drop.
That’s about all I can say without any spoilers but you are in for a real treat if you like an action packed thriller.
This is a brilliant book that will have you racing through the pages.
May 30, 2025
This is a book about a mother and son and the lengths a mother would go for her son. I was so impressed with the way Jack writes, and I can't wait to read more of his books. It was fast paced, short chapters (which I love), multiple POV's that being Anna (mother and surgeon), Margot (nurse who creates another subplot) and Rachel (the detective.) It's the perfect combination of both action and character driven. The tension was incredible.
This book has /is:
* Medical thriller
* Extortion
* Blackmail
* Great characters
* Short chapters
Highly recommend.
This book has /is:
* Medical thriller
* Extortion
* Blackmail
* Great characters
* Short chapters
Highly recommend.
July 15, 2022
Awful - amazed I finished it.
The person I felt the most sympathy for, is made to look delusional
The person I felt the most sympathy for, is made to look delusional
June 3, 2022
Do No Harm is the sixth novel by British author, Jack Jordan.
“Your neighbour is dead, and we have your son.
You must kill Ahmed Shabir on the operating table in two days’ time.
If you repeat this to anyone, your son will die. If you are at any point discovered during your assignment, your son will die. If you fail to kill the patient, your son will die in his place.”
This is what cardiothoracic surgeon Anna Jones is told when she returns home from Redwood Hospital expecting to find her son Zack in the care of her neighbour. From the many surveillance measures in place to ensure she complies, as well as the timing (her son’s school on Easter break and he due to be away with his uncle, her ex-husband in Amsterdam) she understands this is a meticulously planned operation.
The fact of Shabir’s surgery has been kept very confidential: he is the Labour MP for Redwood, with a very strong anti-drug trafficking stance, and rumoured to be the next Labour leader. It goes against everything Anna believes, but the threat to her son’s life is real. Can she actually kill this man with half a dozen witnesses present and get away with it?
Over the last few months, cardiac nurse Margot Barnes‘s financial situation has become increasingly precarious: she owes money to her weed dealer and her landlady, has sold every item of value in her flat and is resorting to theft from her colleagues’ lockers. And she’s nine weeks pregnant. She is one of those present when Shabir receives his triple bypass.
DI Rachel Conaty is called to the discovery of a woman’s body in a well. She has clearly been murdered, quite recently, but just doesn’t fit the usual profile for such a violent death. Despite identification from fingerprints or dental records not being possible, she is recognised by locals as Paula Williams, and seen on CCTV walking Zack Jones home from school immediately before both disappear from view.
Rachel immediately fixates on the boy’s whereabouts, even though the manner of death fits with recent hits by local drug traffickers. Is her own history, the disappearance of her son, affecting her judgement?
Much more cannot be revealed without spoilers, and while some aspects of the story may require the reader to don their disbelief suspenders, the best advice is to strap them on and enjoy the ride right through to the nail-biting climax, and the chilling final chapters. And even if astute readers predict some of threads, watching how it all plays out is, nonetheless, so fascinating that this novel is unputdownable.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Australia.
“Your neighbour is dead, and we have your son.
You must kill Ahmed Shabir on the operating table in two days’ time.
If you repeat this to anyone, your son will die. If you are at any point discovered during your assignment, your son will die. If you fail to kill the patient, your son will die in his place.”
This is what cardiothoracic surgeon Anna Jones is told when she returns home from Redwood Hospital expecting to find her son Zack in the care of her neighbour. From the many surveillance measures in place to ensure she complies, as well as the timing (her son’s school on Easter break and he due to be away with his uncle, her ex-husband in Amsterdam) she understands this is a meticulously planned operation.
The fact of Shabir’s surgery has been kept very confidential: he is the Labour MP for Redwood, with a very strong anti-drug trafficking stance, and rumoured to be the next Labour leader. It goes against everything Anna believes, but the threat to her son’s life is real. Can she actually kill this man with half a dozen witnesses present and get away with it?
Over the last few months, cardiac nurse Margot Barnes‘s financial situation has become increasingly precarious: she owes money to her weed dealer and her landlady, has sold every item of value in her flat and is resorting to theft from her colleagues’ lockers. And she’s nine weeks pregnant. She is one of those present when Shabir receives his triple bypass.
DI Rachel Conaty is called to the discovery of a woman’s body in a well. She has clearly been murdered, quite recently, but just doesn’t fit the usual profile for such a violent death. Despite identification from fingerprints or dental records not being possible, she is recognised by locals as Paula Williams, and seen on CCTV walking Zack Jones home from school immediately before both disappear from view.
Rachel immediately fixates on the boy’s whereabouts, even though the manner of death fits with recent hits by local drug traffickers. Is her own history, the disappearance of her son, affecting her judgement?
Much more cannot be revealed without spoilers, and while some aspects of the story may require the reader to don their disbelief suspenders, the best advice is to strap them on and enjoy the ride right through to the nail-biting climax, and the chilling final chapters. And even if astute readers predict some of threads, watching how it all plays out is, nonetheless, so fascinating that this novel is unputdownable.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Australia.
November 26, 2023
That was a wild ride.. 🎢
❥Short summary:
After a day at work, Anna, a heart surgeon, returns home to find a group of men waiting for her. They inform her that they have taken her son and demand that she must kill a high-profile patient on the operating table; otherwise, her child will die instead..
❥My opinion:
Honestly, this poor woman got put into an impossible situation and it doesn’t get better for her any time soon. Things actually just seem to get worse and worse. Still it’s sometimes hard to see her as a ‘poor woman’ cause she’s also pretty insufferable. As are basically all characters in this book.
Still I couldn’t put it down! The tension was HIGH in this one, especially the scenes in the ‘operating theatre’. It really doesn’t get boring for a second, is very fast paced and I couldn’t wait to find out how this story would unravel.
❥Short summary:
After a day at work, Anna, a heart surgeon, returns home to find a group of men waiting for her. They inform her that they have taken her son and demand that she must kill a high-profile patient on the operating table; otherwise, her child will die instead..
❥My opinion:
Honestly, this poor woman got put into an impossible situation and it doesn’t get better for her any time soon. Things actually just seem to get worse and worse. Still it’s sometimes hard to see her as a ‘poor woman’ cause she’s also pretty insufferable. As are basically all characters in this book.
Still I couldn’t put it down! The tension was HIGH in this one, especially the scenes in the ‘operating theatre’. It really doesn’t get boring for a second, is very fast paced and I couldn’t wait to find out how this story would unravel.
January 4, 2022
Do No Harm is the new hotly anticipated book by the lovely Jack Jordan and will be published in May 2022. I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy to read and I would like to thank Jack for arranging it.
Do No Harm is a tightly plotted and cleverly narrated story told from the perspective of 3 female characters and Jack brings each of these women to life so perfectly the reader is instantly drawn in to the story.
Dr Anna Jones is a highly respected cardiothoracic surgeon at a hospital in Redwood, about to perform one of the biggest operations of her career, bypassing three blocked coronary arteries for Redwood MP Ahmed Shabir who is tipped to be the future leader of the Labour Party.
A focused and formidable doctor, Anna is also a devoted mother to 7 year old Zack and currently trying to negotiate her way through an acrimonious divorce with Adam whilst raising their son and working full time at the hospital.
Upon her return home one evening she finds people inside her house and no sign of her son. Zack is being held hostage and in order to get him back she has to do something that goes against everything she stands for as a doctor – kill a patient.
Margot Barnes is the second narrator in this story. Working at the same hospital as a scrubs nurse alongside Dr Jones, Margot has some serious issues and problems in her private life, struggling to make ends meet, haunted by a violent and dysfunctional family and having to resort to petty theft just to survive she is the only witness to Dr Jones’ actions and decides to take advantage for her own needs.
Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty is the third narrator. Having suffered a terrible personal tragedy, she is struggling at work and when a body is discovered with links to Dr Jones she is unable to separate her own demons and remain professional in this case.
Do No Harm is a fast-paced, heart-thumping, butt-clenching rollercoaster of a ride. Full of fascinating characters, moral dilemmas and a couple of clever twists, this book is a guaranteed page-turner.
Highly recommended for book lovers of action packed thrillers.
Do No Harm is a tightly plotted and cleverly narrated story told from the perspective of 3 female characters and Jack brings each of these women to life so perfectly the reader is instantly drawn in to the story.
Dr Anna Jones is a highly respected cardiothoracic surgeon at a hospital in Redwood, about to perform one of the biggest operations of her career, bypassing three blocked coronary arteries for Redwood MP Ahmed Shabir who is tipped to be the future leader of the Labour Party.
A focused and formidable doctor, Anna is also a devoted mother to 7 year old Zack and currently trying to negotiate her way through an acrimonious divorce with Adam whilst raising their son and working full time at the hospital.
Upon her return home one evening she finds people inside her house and no sign of her son. Zack is being held hostage and in order to get him back she has to do something that goes against everything she stands for as a doctor – kill a patient.
Margot Barnes is the second narrator in this story. Working at the same hospital as a scrubs nurse alongside Dr Jones, Margot has some serious issues and problems in her private life, struggling to make ends meet, haunted by a violent and dysfunctional family and having to resort to petty theft just to survive she is the only witness to Dr Jones’ actions and decides to take advantage for her own needs.
Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty is the third narrator. Having suffered a terrible personal tragedy, she is struggling at work and when a body is discovered with links to Dr Jones she is unable to separate her own demons and remain professional in this case.
Do No Harm is a fast-paced, heart-thumping, butt-clenching rollercoaster of a ride. Full of fascinating characters, moral dilemmas and a couple of clever twists, this book is a guaranteed page-turner.
Highly recommended for book lovers of action packed thrillers.
March 6, 2025
I am so happy I had the chance to celebrate the publication of Do No Harm by Jack Jordan and be part of a huge readalong that included patient charts and heart rate monitors. Huge thank you to Tandem Collective, Simon & Schuster and Jack Jordan himself!
My Thoughts:
Anna is a surgeon and quite good at her job. She is also a mother to 4-year-old Zack and is going through a divorce. She’s scheduled to do a surgery on a VIP patient, but when she gets home, her world is about to change – for the worse! Her son has been kidnapped and the only way to save him is to kill her patient on the operating table.
And in Do No Harm, this seems to be only the beginning. While we are following Anna’s point of view and her impossible options to choose from, we also get to meet Margot and Rachel. Margot works as a nurse, together with Anna, and has some financial hardships that make her do things she wouldn’t usually do. And Rachel works in the police and has her own tragedy that unables her to move forward with her life. When a lot of things start to happen, the lives of these three women will intertwine and bring out sides of them they didn’t know existed.
Through the stories of these three women, a lot of intense moments happen. This book had me glued to my seat, flipping pages and unable to stop until I finished it.
What would you do? Would you Save or Kill the Patient?
When we started the readalong for this book, we were asked to choose whether we would kill or save the patient. I’ll be honest, for me it was a straightforward and also an unpopular decision. I chose to save the patient. My thoughts at the time were that if the people that took my child had the power to blackmail me, I probably can’t save him anyways, so I might as well not lose my medical licence. However, throughout the book, I changed my decision too many times. As I read the initial circumstances of Anna’s situation, and also reading the plot twists throughout the story, my initial choice went back and forth like a ball on a tennis court.
Reading Do No Harm was such a thrill! Every chapter is suspenseful and you never know in which direction the plot is about to go next. I definitely didn’t expect the ending and even now, days after finishing the book, I am still trying to figure everything out. That’s how shocked this book made me feel.
Do No Harm is the book version of the most intense Grey’s Anatomy episode. That’s the only way I can explain this book in one sentence. It has the hospital setting, the chilling suspenseful moments and never-ending action. And on top of it all, it has a character that’s been given an impossible choice. Do No Harm is a must-read. It will get your heart rate up for sure!
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My Thoughts:
Anna is a surgeon and quite good at her job. She is also a mother to 4-year-old Zack and is going through a divorce. She’s scheduled to do a surgery on a VIP patient, but when she gets home, her world is about to change – for the worse! Her son has been kidnapped and the only way to save him is to kill her patient on the operating table.
And in Do No Harm, this seems to be only the beginning. While we are following Anna’s point of view and her impossible options to choose from, we also get to meet Margot and Rachel. Margot works as a nurse, together with Anna, and has some financial hardships that make her do things she wouldn’t usually do. And Rachel works in the police and has her own tragedy that unables her to move forward with her life. When a lot of things start to happen, the lives of these three women will intertwine and bring out sides of them they didn’t know existed.
Through the stories of these three women, a lot of intense moments happen. This book had me glued to my seat, flipping pages and unable to stop until I finished it.
What would you do? Would you Save or Kill the Patient?
When we started the readalong for this book, we were asked to choose whether we would kill or save the patient. I’ll be honest, for me it was a straightforward and also an unpopular decision. I chose to save the patient. My thoughts at the time were that if the people that took my child had the power to blackmail me, I probably can’t save him anyways, so I might as well not lose my medical licence. However, throughout the book, I changed my decision too many times. As I read the initial circumstances of Anna’s situation, and also reading the plot twists throughout the story, my initial choice went back and forth like a ball on a tennis court.
Reading Do No Harm was such a thrill! Every chapter is suspenseful and you never know in which direction the plot is about to go next. I definitely didn’t expect the ending and even now, days after finishing the book, I am still trying to figure everything out. That’s how shocked this book made me feel.
Do No Harm is the book version of the most intense Grey’s Anatomy episode. That’s the only way I can explain this book in one sentence. It has the hospital setting, the chilling suspenseful moments and never-ending action. And on top of it all, it has a character that’s been given an impossible choice. Do No Harm is a must-read. It will get your heart rate up for sure!
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March 3, 2022
Review based on just Chapter One.
As it was World Book Day I took advantage through NetGalley and the publishers Simon & Schuster UK to get a sneaky preview of chapter 1. This is a new author to me and it looks like a medical thriller so I was up for the test.
Now I rarely read tasters or longer samplers as experience has shown me that apart from the writing style and tone little can be pictured of the book itself.
But World Book Day is about leaving your comfort zone, although I didn’t dress up as my favourite character.
Chapter 1 takes place in real time during a life saving operation. This is at odds with the tag lines that imply a surgeon is ideally placed to carry out the perfect murder.
I guess this opening sets the scene, makes the reader aware of the operating theatre and that in this case all eyes and the patient’s life rest with the main surgeon.
Too little to proclaim a success; no previous experience of this accomplished author. So what can I say. I would read on but despite other worthy novels and medical thriller writers I remain less inclined to read this sort of scenario.
I loved Coma by Robin Cook both the book and the movie were scary at the time. This is the code of all doctors - “Do no Harm” so it is an interesting premise.
However at my age it is a little close to home - your life in their hands is my, and most likely all of our futures. To think a Doctor could be manipulated to try less or induce death through a motiveless crime where they hold all the means of death. Conversely, with eyes watching on and the clinical standards always prepared to investigate one wonders if clumsy health care professionals are found out, sued and/or dismissed for gross negligence.
Guess I’d have to read the whole to judge the balance and realism of the plot.
As it was World Book Day I took advantage through NetGalley and the publishers Simon & Schuster UK to get a sneaky preview of chapter 1. This is a new author to me and it looks like a medical thriller so I was up for the test.
Now I rarely read tasters or longer samplers as experience has shown me that apart from the writing style and tone little can be pictured of the book itself.
But World Book Day is about leaving your comfort zone, although I didn’t dress up as my favourite character.
Chapter 1 takes place in real time during a life saving operation. This is at odds with the tag lines that imply a surgeon is ideally placed to carry out the perfect murder.
I guess this opening sets the scene, makes the reader aware of the operating theatre and that in this case all eyes and the patient’s life rest with the main surgeon.
Too little to proclaim a success; no previous experience of this accomplished author. So what can I say. I would read on but despite other worthy novels and medical thriller writers I remain less inclined to read this sort of scenario.
I loved Coma by Robin Cook both the book and the movie were scary at the time. This is the code of all doctors - “Do no Harm” so it is an interesting premise.
However at my age it is a little close to home - your life in their hands is my, and most likely all of our futures. To think a Doctor could be manipulated to try less or induce death through a motiveless crime where they hold all the means of death. Conversely, with eyes watching on and the clinical standards always prepared to investigate one wonders if clumsy health care professionals are found out, sued and/or dismissed for gross negligence.
Guess I’d have to read the whole to judge the balance and realism of the plot.
February 15, 2023
Do No Harm has your heart racing from the very first page and doesn't let up throughout. I was immediately invested in the story and, though I particularly enjoyed Anna's perspective, I loved how the three narrators (not one of them reliable) interacted throughout and continuously tried to best each other. I always enjoy morally grey characters and I loved how the novel repeatedly forced you to question how you would act if put in the same situation.
This was such a unique storyline, making for a thriller that I couldn't predict (my favourite!). I loved how, despite it being such an intriguing concept, this felt like more of a realistic plot that many thrillers. Furthermore, the twists towards the end weren't just for shock value but still left you chilled and unnerved.
I completely understand the hype surrounding this thriller and can't wait to read more from this author!
This was such a unique storyline, making for a thriller that I couldn't predict (my favourite!). I loved how, despite it being such an intriguing concept, this felt like more of a realistic plot that many thrillers. Furthermore, the twists towards the end weren't just for shock value but still left you chilled and unnerved.
I completely understand the hype surrounding this thriller and can't wait to read more from this author!
January 2, 2023
If you’re a nail-biter, I have bad news for you because ‘Do no Harm‘ is super tense from start to finish and you might not have any fingers left by the end of it.
Now, I don’t normally read medical thrillers or watch medical tv series. (Although I did make an exception for McSteamy.😏) Because the thing is, I suddenly turn into the world’s biggest hypochondriac and nobody needs that in their lives. But when one of your favourite authors decides to lead you down the medical path, what’s a girl to do?
Well … what a girl *should* have done is say “no, thank you” and move on instead of now finding herself possibly traumatised for life and desperately hoping she never needs surgery EVER!
Anna Jones is a cardiothoracic surgeon trying to balance her career with single motherhood, now that her husband has moved out of the family home. But things are about to get much, much worse for Anna. Her son has been kidnapped and he will only be returned if Anna kills a certain patient during surgery. To save her son, Anna must try to get away with murder.
That right there would be the thought-provoking bit. I’m not a mother but I’m assuming all the mums out there would choose to save their child over a stranger. (unless they’re the spawn of satan) Right? But Anna is obviously also a doctor. She took an oath. Do no harm. Her decision is a little harder to make. There are a multitude of consequences. What would you do? And then! Flip the scenario onto its side and imagine you’re a patient about to go under the knife of a surgeon who’s contemplating killing you! ON PURPOSE! *shudders to infinity*
‘Do No Harm‘ is told via the voices of three very different characters. There’s Anna, of course. Arrogant, condescending, extremely unlikeable, cold. I know I was supposed to feel sorry for her, for being put in this impossible situation, but she made it so hard. Like so many surgeons she seems to suffer from that God complex. Maybe they are even the best psychopaths in the making?
Also, Margot, who is Anna’s scrub nurse. Margot comes from a poor and miserable background. She’s tried for years to leave that part of her life behind and make something better of herself. But things haven’t been going her way and Margot is desperate. So very desperate. There is very little she won’t do to improve her circumstances. Again, I didn’t particularly like Margot but I’m not sure if I was meant to either. I did sometimes feel sorry for her, until she made another poor decision.
The third character is DI Rachel Conaty. She gets involved when a murder somehow seems to be connected to Anna. Poor Rachel’s life is being dominated by a horrible personal tragedy and she’s finding it extremely hard to keep her own personal demons away from this case. And I finally found a character to like and root for!
These three women will take you on one of the wildest rides you’ve ever been on. ‘Do No Harm‘ is a multi-layered, complex and fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. There are a multitude of secrets and lies, of racing and chasing, of cat-and-mouse and a whole bunch of bad people. But also an incredibly cleverly added layer of depth provided by a central theme in the form of all things motherhood.
‘Do No Harm‘ is engrossing, compelling, addictive, somewhat scary but always exciting and tense. I flew through this one and that really hasn’t been happening much lately. I had no idea where this story would end up and there were one or two rather jaw-dropping shocking moments I wasn’t at all prepared for! Jack Jordan just keeps getting better and better and this latest offering is definitely his best one yet. I have no doubt there is more awesomeness to follow and I’ll be right here waiting for it.
Now, I don’t normally read medical thrillers or watch medical tv series. (Although I did make an exception for McSteamy.😏) Because the thing is, I suddenly turn into the world’s biggest hypochondriac and nobody needs that in their lives. But when one of your favourite authors decides to lead you down the medical path, what’s a girl to do?
Well … what a girl *should* have done is say “no, thank you” and move on instead of now finding herself possibly traumatised for life and desperately hoping she never needs surgery EVER!
Anna Jones is a cardiothoracic surgeon trying to balance her career with single motherhood, now that her husband has moved out of the family home. But things are about to get much, much worse for Anna. Her son has been kidnapped and he will only be returned if Anna kills a certain patient during surgery. To save her son, Anna must try to get away with murder.
That right there would be the thought-provoking bit. I’m not a mother but I’m assuming all the mums out there would choose to save their child over a stranger. (unless they’re the spawn of satan) Right? But Anna is obviously also a doctor. She took an oath. Do no harm. Her decision is a little harder to make. There are a multitude of consequences. What would you do? And then! Flip the scenario onto its side and imagine you’re a patient about to go under the knife of a surgeon who’s contemplating killing you! ON PURPOSE! *shudders to infinity*
‘Do No Harm‘ is told via the voices of three very different characters. There’s Anna, of course. Arrogant, condescending, extremely unlikeable, cold. I know I was supposed to feel sorry for her, for being put in this impossible situation, but she made it so hard. Like so many surgeons she seems to suffer from that God complex. Maybe they are even the best psychopaths in the making?
Also, Margot, who is Anna’s scrub nurse. Margot comes from a poor and miserable background. She’s tried for years to leave that part of her life behind and make something better of herself. But things haven’t been going her way and Margot is desperate. So very desperate. There is very little she won’t do to improve her circumstances. Again, I didn’t particularly like Margot but I’m not sure if I was meant to either. I did sometimes feel sorry for her, until she made another poor decision.
The third character is DI Rachel Conaty. She gets involved when a murder somehow seems to be connected to Anna. Poor Rachel’s life is being dominated by a horrible personal tragedy and she’s finding it extremely hard to keep her own personal demons away from this case. And I finally found a character to like and root for!
These three women will take you on one of the wildest rides you’ve ever been on. ‘Do No Harm‘ is a multi-layered, complex and fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. There are a multitude of secrets and lies, of racing and chasing, of cat-and-mouse and a whole bunch of bad people. But also an incredibly cleverly added layer of depth provided by a central theme in the form of all things motherhood.
‘Do No Harm‘ is engrossing, compelling, addictive, somewhat scary but always exciting and tense. I flew through this one and that really hasn’t been happening much lately. I had no idea where this story would end up and there were one or two rather jaw-dropping shocking moments I wasn’t at all prepared for! Jack Jordan just keeps getting better and better and this latest offering is definitely his best one yet. I have no doubt there is more awesomeness to follow and I’ll be right here waiting for it.
May 7, 2024
WHAT A BOOK.
I was legit hooked and was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of the book. I was gripped from the get-go and instantly wanted to know how the story played out.
The characters were portrayed in ways you could imagine them very clearly. I felt sorry for Margot at first but as the story goes on and how she treats Anna knowing what she's going through with the kidnapping of her son, I felt so much hatred for her like...??? HOW!!??
The ending was just ... wow. I want to know what happens with "the next steps"
I was legit hooked and was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of the book. I was gripped from the get-go and instantly wanted to know how the story played out.
The characters were portrayed in ways you could imagine them very clearly. I felt sorry for Margot at first but as the story goes on and how she treats Anna knowing what she's going through with the kidnapping of her son, I felt so much hatred for her like...??? HOW!!??
The ending was just ... wow. I want to know what happens with "the next steps"
March 24, 2022
Terrifying, nail-biting, and brilliantly constructed, DO NO HARM is an unflinching thriller about an impossible choice--whether a surgeon should save her patient or her son. Jack Jordan flawlessly ignites a connection between three separate women that blazes toward an inferno of a stunning ending.
June 2, 2022
There are certain roles that have always been considered as trustworthy. We would happily put our lives in their hands, the fire service, police, judges, pilots and the ones we have to trust the most of all doctors. However there is one fatal flaw in that naive trust, they are human beings. Flawed, complicated, capable of mistakes and in this case possibly murder.
Narrated by three fantastic female characters, we have the cold as ice heart surgeon Dr Anna Jones who is a single mother to Zach and about to operate on a top secret patient. Nurse Margot who works alongside her and is stealing from her colleagues in an attempt to clear her debts and finally Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty whose past personal trauma is affecting her professional conduct. None are particularly likeable and yet you still find yourself empathising with them over their predicaments.
This book has what seems a very black or white moral dilemma at it’s core. A doctors oath of do no harm or a mother’s instinct to save her son. Now what really struck me was the grey area in between of the author making the patient a politician and possible future prime minister. With the current feelings towards politicians would this make it an easier choice for the reader?
Now I’ve met a few doctors over my many years and I would rather have a cold one that was good at their job than a warm and fuzzy one who had patients leaving their operating table for a trip to the morgue. This may be a work of fiction but it certainly brings home how much we blindly put our trust in people.
This is a fast paced, lump in throat while reading thriller, that is easily a one sit read. Just don’t read it while awaiting surgery!
Narrated by three fantastic female characters, we have the cold as ice heart surgeon Dr Anna Jones who is a single mother to Zach and about to operate on a top secret patient. Nurse Margot who works alongside her and is stealing from her colleagues in an attempt to clear her debts and finally Detective Inspector Rachel Conaty whose past personal trauma is affecting her professional conduct. None are particularly likeable and yet you still find yourself empathising with them over their predicaments.
This book has what seems a very black or white moral dilemma at it’s core. A doctors oath of do no harm or a mother’s instinct to save her son. Now what really struck me was the grey area in between of the author making the patient a politician and possible future prime minister. With the current feelings towards politicians would this make it an easier choice for the reader?
Now I’ve met a few doctors over my many years and I would rather have a cold one that was good at their job than a warm and fuzzy one who had patients leaving their operating table for a trip to the morgue. This may be a work of fiction but it certainly brings home how much we blindly put our trust in people.
This is a fast paced, lump in throat while reading thriller, that is easily a one sit read. Just don’t read it while awaiting surgery!
September 1, 2021
Kept me gripped from the first page to the last - heart pounding thriller, chilling and perfectly paced!
May 27, 2022
I though that Do No Harm was nothing short but brilliant. This deserves to be a bestseller. This is how you write a thriller!
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