A physician who nearly lost his career to drug and alcohol dependency, Dr. Michael Palmer found his way back to his calling partly by helping heal other doctors, and by replacing his daily pills with ...

Dr. Michael Palmer, a physician who began writing tightly plotted thrillers at his kitchen table in 1978 to escape the inner chaos of alcohol and drug addiction, died Oct. 30 in New York. He was 71.

Best-selling thriller writer Michael Palmer died on Wednesday from complications from a stroke and heart attack, according to a statement released by his publisher, St. Martin's Press. He was 71.

Trained at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals, Dr. Michael Palmer began his career as an internist, became chief of medicine at Falmouth Hospital, then spent a decade as an emergency room ...

Swampscott resident and accomplished novelist Dr. Michael Palmer died suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to a statement from his family. “It is with a deeply heavy heart that I must inform you ...

Palmer's 10th medical thriller rides on his usual wave of unrelenting adrenaline, and will make readers think twice the next time they're due for a routine vaccination. The physician-hero this time is ...

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. -- Dr. Michael Palmer never expected to get sick himself. During his medical career, though, Palmer became an alcoholic and a drug addict, was arrested, reordered his life, resumed ...

Editor's note: This story has been changed to include comments from Michael Palmer made after The Banner went to press. If the Friends of the Beaman Library group has its way, the talk around town ...