Thea Sperelakis (The Second Opinion)
| Appears in | The Second Opinion |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
Doctor Alethea "Thea" Sperelakis is the main character in the medical thriller novel The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer
Character creation
Author Michael Palmer has a son with Asperger syndrome.[1][2]
Biography
Thea is the daughter of world-renowned physician Petros Sperelakis. When he gets into a severe car accident, she starts to uncover a web of lies and conspiracies at the hospital he worked at.
Autism
Thea is stated to have Asperger's syndrome in chapter 1. She was also previously diagnosed with ADD.[3][4] She has near-photographic memory and can easily recall almost verbatim information from medical journals she has read. Her older brother Dimitri Sperelakis is also autistic, albeit undiagnosed.
References
- ↑ author's notes
- ↑ Fatal « Michael Palmer Books. Retrieved on 2023-05-14.
- ↑ chapter 9
- ↑ chapter 17
External links
- The Second Opinion on Goodreads