Political Suicide (edition 2012)

Dr. Lou Welcome, MD, former drug and alcoholic, comes to the aid of a friend being convicted of murder. In the course of trying to find out what happens, he comes across a plan using the US military for an elite team. The head of this team exchanges weapons for a drug that lessens the men's fear. Very good story, hard to put down. It would have been a "5" if the characters were better described, more human IMO. ( )

My thoughts...

Michael Palmer knows how to write a story that draws you in from the very beginning. Dr. Lou Welcome is called by his good friend to help keep him out of prison for a murder he's been accused of and has no memory of because he was suffering from an alcoholic blackout. In the process of the sleuthing investigation by Dr. Welcome things don't seem quite right. Michael Palmer writes an amazing plot that takes many twists and turns that will keep you wondering until the very last page.

I haven't had the opportunity to read "Oath of Office" where Dr. Lou Welcome is introduced but I think it's going on my to be read list very soon. ( )

Palmer is one of my favorite medical mystery authors. However, in Political Suicide he deviates from his successful medical mystery formula to write a political mystery. It has not worked well for him. While the beginning and middle parts of the story were OK the ending was most unsatisfying. I was skipping pages for the last 40 pages! While the book was well plotted, the pave was slow. I hope Palmer returns to writing medical mysteries. He is a master at it. ( )

Oh, Dr. Lou Welcome. Always sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong. It seems this latest offering about Welcome continues
his penchant for trouble and adventure. It also continues his ability to help solve criminal cases for those who should be doing it
without him, That's all part of the fun though.

Lou is a good dad, a caring physician and a bit of a romantic. This all combines to make these stories a compelling read. This one
involves a a dead congressman, and a friend of Welcome's, a Dr. Gary McHugh, who has been accused of the murder. There is evidence,
linking McHugh and he ends up cooling his heels in jail. OF course we all know that things are not always as they seem, and sometimes
there are bad guys to be found side by side with the good.

Political Suicide is a good fun read.. hooks you on the story from page one, and has the expected compelling characters. Once again Michael Palmer
pulls it off. I look forward to the next one!

recommended for an edge of the seat read that also has a little bit of heart.. I like this author. ( )

Dr. Lou Welcome gets a frantic phone call regarding another doctor, Gary McHugh, whom he has been administering to since McHugh has a drinking problem. McHugh is arrested for the murder of his patient Congressman Elias Colston. He claims he’s innocent although he’s had blackouts before, Lou believes him and soon his investigation leads to the military and a possible conspiracy.

Dr. Lou Welcome is back having been introduced in Palmer’s Oath of Office. But this is not a medical thriller but more a political or military thriller. Still, the author has a writing style that involves the reader. This novel is another fast-paced roller coaster ride with characters that are not cardboard caricatures and action that is believable. I enjoyed yet another Michael Palmer novel! ( )