A BRILLIANT YOUNG DOCTOR IS DEAD… AND SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE THE BLAME
Former refugee David Tran becomes the Golden Boy of Australian medical research. He invents a drug that could transform immunology. Eight volunteers are recruited for the first human trial, a crucial step on the path to global fame for David and windfall gains for his investors. But when David dies in baffling circumstances, motives are put under the microscope.
With its origins in a real-life drug trial that ended in tragedy, Eight Lives is told from the perspectives of David’s friends, family and business associates, who all played a role in his downfall. A smart, sophisticated thriller that explores power, class and prejudice, Eight Lives will keep you puzzling until the last page.
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Hurley turns immunology and monoclonal antibodies into a thrilling business (beware the cytokine storm) while offering some astute commentary on what it means to be a migrant in Australia. This is a clever, sobering book.
Sue Turnbull, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Eight Lives is a meticulously crafted first novel by Susan Hurley … an intricate thriller …
Stephen Dedman, Australian Book Review.
The plot unfurls as scientific research does – gradually, the pieces of a puzzle assembling one by one as an observer waits in suspense, building upon itself to an unforeseen and riveting conclusion.
Donna Lu, The Saturday Paper.
Hurley’s sentences are lively, their construction compelling … the details of this novel’s puzzle are moved around like chess pieces, where a new slice of information places other truths in question.
Louise Swinn, The Australian newspaper.
Hurley’s background in medical research and the pharmaceutical industry gives the story an authoritative voice, while the multi-voice narrative drips a steady pipette of equal-parts suspense and mystery right through to the book’s page-turning conclusion. Readers who like their thrillers with a measure of science will love Eight Lives.
Deborah Crabtree, Books and Publishing.
Eight Lives is a clever and captivating thriller. It builds to fever pitch by its conclusion, and leaves its readers craving more from this promising new talent.
Craig Buchanan, The Big Issue.
Its an intriguing journey into the high-stakes world of medical research, where lives are on the line beside the corporate quest for profit. THOUGHT-PROVOKING.
Carina Bruce, The Herald Sun.
A super-smart mystery about science, Eight Lives is eye-opening and compelling.
Nicky Pellegrino, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly.
This is a fast-paced novel which is hard to put aside. The writing is unpretentious and compelling and the characterisation convincing. Altogether, Eight Lives is a most satisfying read.
Erich Mayer, ArtsHub.
Clever, complex, suspenseful—Susan Hurley’s Eight Lives is the science thriller I’ve been hoping for.
Toni Jordan, author of The Fragments, Addition and Our Tiny Useless Hearts.
A powerful and pacy thriller that had me hooked until the very end.
Christian White, author of The Nowhere Child.
A thrilling account of a drug trial gone bad.
Madeline Milburn, Judge of the 2018 Caledonia Novel Award.
Susan Hurley’s expertise in the world of clinical research informs a strong, suspenseful plot of intriguing detours and unexpected alliances that leads to a shocking conclusion.
Susan Kurosawa, Editor, Travel + Indulgence, The Australian newspaper.
Eight Lives is a cautionary tale of greed and hubris, of inherited violence and the lengths we all go to for family. It’s also a post mortem of sorts, Hurley dissects the body of cause and effect with the deft hand of a surgeon, at times showing us consequences before actions, all the while keeping the narrative as taut as a cello string. There are so many layers to this story, so many conversations will be started by this breakneck medical thriller. A big debut from a huge literary talent.
J.P. Pomare, author of Call me Evie.
… it paints a refugee story with great pathos and derides the sillier aspects of political correctness.
Shelley Orchard, The Adelaide Advertiser
This simmering blockbuster will keep you guessing, pull the rug out from under you, make you gasp – and it won’t let up until the very end.
Fiona Hardy, Readings Monthly.
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