Emma often reflects on her dad’s advice, including “You don’t get to choose which cards you’re dealt” “Sometimes you’re dealt a losing hand, and that really sucks. Will the truth catch up to her before she can save Josh?Ī timely and moving exploration of a town gripped by the opioid epidemic, and featuring Christina McDonald’s signature “complex, emotionally intense” ( Publishers Weekly) prose, Do No Harm examines whether the ends ever justify the means. With her son’s life hanging in the balance, Emma is dragged into the dark world of drugs, lies, and murder. But when somebody ends up dead, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues, her own husband leading the chase.

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Will the truth catch up to her before she can save Josh?Ī timely and moving exploration of a town gripped by the opioid epidemic, and featuring Christina McDonald’s signature “complex, emotionally intense” ( Publishers Weekly) prose, Do No Harm examines whether the ends ever justify the means.even for a desperate mother. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate-a loyal and loving police detective-and has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital.īut everything comes crashing down when her son, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.ĭetermined to save him, Emma makes the risky decision to sell opioids to fund the life-saving treatment he needs. Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real Simple įrom the USA TODAY bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell comes an unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son.Įmma loves her life.

Do no harm by christina mcdonald