Sometimes People Die
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βA smartly-paced thrillerβ Evening Standard
βDramatic, unnerving... exceptionalβ The Sun
*SELECTED FOR BBCβS BETWEEN THE COVERS*
*A NEW YORK TIMES Editorβs Pick*
*THE SUNDAY TIMESβ Crime Book of the Year*
*THE GUARDIANβs Best Recent Crime and Thrillers*
*THE EVENING STANDARDβs Best New Books of 2022*
*THE TIMESβ Best Crime Books of 2022*
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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 Lukeβs.
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 narratorβs version of the events be trusted?
βA delightful read. The serial killer plotline is an added bonus. I loved itβ Kathy Reichs, the #1 New York Times bestseller
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Simon Stephenson originally trained as a doctor and worked in London and Scotland. He previously wrote Let Not the Waves of the Sea, a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian ocean tsunami. It won Best First Book at the Scottish Book Awards, was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year.
His first novel, Set My Heart to Five, has been optioned by Working Title Films. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a screenwriter. He originated and wrote the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, and wrote on Pixarβs Luca.
