Thea Sperelakis (The Second Opinion)

 Alethea "Thea" is the main character in the medical thriller novel The Second Opinion, written by Michael Palmer.

Character creation
Author Michael Palmer has a son with Asperger's syndrome.

Biography
Thea is the daughter of world-renowned physician Petros Sperelakis. When he gets into a severe car accident, Thea starts to uncover a web of lies and conspiracies at the hospital he worked at.

Autism
Thea is introduced as having Asperger's syndrome from chapter 1, something that is reiterated multiple times throughout the novel.