pA page-turner Smart, fast-paced and surprising. - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Mary Higgins Clark Award-Winner, Author of Say No MoreppFreshly minted college graduate Maggie O'Malley embarks on a career fueled by professional ambition and a desire to escape the past. As a pharmaceutical researcher, she's determined to save lives from the shelter of her lab. But on her very first day she's pulled into a world of uncertainty. Reminders appear on her phone for meetings she's never scheduled with people she's never met. People who end up dead. ppWith help from her best friend, Maggie discovers the victims on her phone are connected to each other and her new employer. She soon unearths a treacherous plot that threatens her mission--and her life. Maggie must unlock deadly secrets to stop horrific abuses of power before death comes calling for her.ppMedicine and murder come together in Kathleen Valenti's page-turning debut, Protocol, a twisty and breathless exploration of big Pharma and the drugs t