As the author or

KILLER DRUG

, I am obviously interested in what people are saying about my new thriller.

Here are a couple of comments from the very first reviews:

A stand-out thriller fueled by real experience.

By Ed Stackler

"For readers who love escapist thrillers as I do, this novel delivers a fluid, fast-paced ride that outdoes virtually all its "financial thriller" competition. This is remarkable, given that Peter Rost, a native of Sweden, speaks and writes English as a second language. Most born-and-bred Americans who tried their hand at fiction wouldn't come close to matching Rost's dialogue or prose."

"But what makes the novel truly exceptional is that -- like most great fiction -- it's rooted in real-life experience. Like his novel's protagonist, Peter Rost blew the whistle at a major pharmaceutical company (actually, at two of them). Without that experience, no author could do what Rost does -- make his own hero's whistleblowing journey a visceral and emotionally charged journey where the stakes are unimaginably high."



Killer Drug: An Accelerated Review

By Steve Woodruff

"I generally read my Wall Street Journal at night before bed, after which I'll pick up a book. Last night, I actually skipped my Wed. WSJ to get right into the action in Killer Drug. THAT does not happen often!"

"I won't give the plot away, but in brief, there are shenanigans going in the top echelons of a drug company, and the novel's protagonist, Alex McGraw, ends up finding out the shady stuff and blows the whistle. People start disappearing. Human chess pieces move and counter-move, and some end up out of play. Oh, and one lady gets painted blue."

"In many ways, it was a pretty decent read - some good thriller action, a few gory sequences, ruthless characters getting payback in kind, etc. For a first novel, not bad."

"Beside seeing the good guys victorious in the end, and some bad dudes go down hard, you do get a bit of an education on some of the legal aspects of whistleblowing. The main protagonist and his lawyer/fiancee do get into discussions that spotlight how that area of the law works. Just in case you need it in the future..."

"All in all - a nice summer time-killer. You won't get college credit for this, but one thing you'll take away is this - if someone offers you anything with "Convulsor" as an ingredient, probably you should opt to take a pass!"

Peter Rost, M.D. is a former VP of Pfizer and the author of Killer Drug and The Whistleblower.

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