DO NO HARM by Christina McDonald - Review & Giveaway

"Some criminals are born. Others are formed by circumstances."

Dr. Emma Sweeney has a lovely life. She has a sweet five year-old son named Josh and she's married to her soulmate, Detective Nate Sweeney. In DO NO HARM (GalleryBooks) by Christina McDonald, all is well, until Josh is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Not only are Emma and Nate horrified to realize their son is about to experience painful procedures, they learn their insurance won't pay for a new aggressive form of treatment. The first treatment is two weeks away and the hospital expects to be paid nearly one-hundred thousand dollars up front. Their church has a bake sale, friends start a Go-Fund Me page, but there's no way the Sweeney's will come up with the money.

"Sometimes you do the wrong things for the right reasons."

The opioid epidemic is alive and well where the Sweeneys live outside of Seattle, and a lot of people are making hundreds of thousands of dollars off it. Dr. Sweeney sees the line between right and wrong blurring. Sometimes the ends justify the means.

DO NO HARM is a cat and mouse thriller that'll keep you on the edge of your seat. But it's much more than that. It's a look at an epidemic which is killing thousands of Americans today. Is it the fault of the drug companies making opioids so available or the doctors writing 'scripts? Before you think addiction could never happen in your family, think again. This book is a wakeup call for all of to to realize, yes addiction could happen in our family. 

If your five year-old told you "he doesn't want to die," what would you be willing to do to make sure that doesn't happen? Would you lie, break the law or ignore someone who is?  DO NO HARM is a complex novel that asks many questions and leaves you to make your own mind up. The characters are complex, well written and the plot is tight.

You want to make sure DO NO HARM is on your TBR list

 

Christina McDonald is the USA Today bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books), which has been optioned for television by a major Hollywood studio.

Her writing has been featured in The Sunday Times, Dublin, USAToday.com, and Expedia. Originally from Seattle, WA, she has a BA in Communications from the University of Washington and an MA in Journalism from the National University of Ireland Galway. She now lives in London, England with her husband, two sons, and their dog, Tango. 

She is currently writing her next novel.

DO NO HARM will be published tomorrow.

Thanks to Kathleen Carter Communications we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us the best book you've read with a mother protagonist. We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only please

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