No, I am not going to do a book review of Palmer’s The Last Surgeon. 
I just want to express my grief over the news about Michael Palmer’s death. Yes, I am actually one of the millions who have favored Michael Palmer as an author and surgeon. He had written some of the best medical thrillers i have ever read. My favorite: Silent Treatment. And now he is gone.
According to ABCNews:
Michael Palmer, a physician and best-selling suspense author whose “Extreme Measures” was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman, has died.A statement Thursday from publisher St. Martin’s Press says Palmer died Wednesday at age 71 from complications relating to a stroke and heart attack.
Palmer’s 20th novel, “Resistant,” is to be published in May.
Palmer was a native of Springfield, Mass. He drew upon his medical background for such novels as “Side Effects” and “The First Patient,” a thriller about the president’s doctor.
You will always be remembered, Dr. Palmer. Your legacy is immortalized in your books.
A Bookworm on The Loose 