Oath of Office

By: Michael Palmer

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of A Heartbeat Away and The Last Surgeon comes a shocking new novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine.

What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage? When Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself.

The blame falls on Dr. Lou Welcome. Welcome worked with Meacham years before as a counselor after John's medical license had been revoked for drug addiction. Lou knew that John was an excellent doctor and deserved to be practicing medicine, and fought hard for his license to be restored. After hearing the news of the violent outburst, Lou is in shock like everyone else, but mostly he's incredulous. When he begins to look into it further, the terrifying evidence he finds takes him down a path to an unspeakable conspiracy that seems to lead directly to the White House and those in the highest positions of power.

©2012 Michael Palmer (P)2012 Macmillan Audio

A 3 1/2 star story

Struggled with the reality of the story and the access to the White House. But the story theme was interesting enough.

Worth a credit

What did you love best about Oath of Office?

The story is like many of Michael Palmer book's, if you like his other work you will like this book.

Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Petkoff is the right reader for this type of book, good performance

Interesting

Any additional comments?

This had an interesting concept to it. Parts were a little dramatic but overall a nice reading,

Who says medicine and politics don't mix?

Michael Palmer turns in another good read in Oath of Office, a chilling look at the politics and science behind genetically modified food. The story is a good one, though at times the decisions some of the characters make are frustrating. The medicine behind the plot seems authentic enough; Palmer always does his research. I don't think it's the best book he's ever written, but it's still entertaining. There's a little bit of everything here: some medicinal sleuth work, murder, conspiracy, a little romance, and even a high-speed chase through a cornfield. Robert Petkoff is solid as the narrator.

Loved Every Second of It!!

What did you love best about Oath of Office?

I loved the drama, the excitement and the love story.
I have an extreme interest in medicine and politics and Michael Palmer did an extraordinary job of braiding the them together.

What did you like best about this story?

The character Lou Welcome.

Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, I have not but he did a wonderful job. Will definately listen again.

Average, not great

Narrator is better than the storyline. Story is okay, but just okay. Parts are disgusting. Medical content is really good, as are the boxing scenes

interesting subjects

really enjoyed this book and can't see why there are so many bad reviews

Unrealistic

Part medical drama, part mystery, part romance, part diatribe on genetically modified foods. This book tries to be too much. The narrator is good but he can't save a bad plot.

Not my cup of tea...

As far as mysteries go, I prefer the police procedures, detective, and lawyer type of books. It is just my taste.

So with that in mind, this novel had an interesting premise and likable heroes.

Good listen

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend, story was interesting

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

n/a

Did Robert Petkoff do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

yes, his tones changed and I was able to tell the difference between the different characters

Was Oath of Office worth the listening time?

yes, definitely