Book Club Questions
1. Do you think Claire’s previous experience with her sister and opioids assists with her current lawsuit or is more of a hindrance?
2. Is there any justification for Claire’s guilt about her sister’s overdose death?
3. How does Claire’s guilt affect her decisions as a child and as an adult?
4. Why do you think there’s such an intense rivalry between Claire and Dana?
5. Do you think Dana was the cause of Ethan’s death? If so, why did she only poison one guest at the luncheon?
6. Do you think Dana will be prosecuted for murder or will she find a way out?
7. Do you think Ethan was as hapless as Dr. Westcott claimed or did he get the job to confront Westcott and try to stop him?
8. Do you think Phil Westcott is more crazy or more conniving in his development of opioids?
9. Do you think Dr. Westcott realizes the danger of Deprexone and simply doesn’t’ care or is he so blinded by his own success that he doesn’t recognize the harm it’s causing?
10. Do you think Mrs. Satori realizes the gravity of what she did to avenge her daughter’s death?
11. Do you think you could be driven to do the same thing if you lost your daughter to opioids?
12. What do you think Clifford Satori did when he tells Margo he took care of things?
13. Do you think Clifford or Margo will have any further contact with Dr. Delaney as patients or adversaries?
14. How do you think Dr. Delaney dealt with the fact that he prescribed the opioids that killed a patient?
15. How do you think Dr. Delaney deals with the death of Ms. Moss?
16. Do you think this is a struggle other doctors deal with when prescribing pain medication to patients or when staff is put in a dangerous situation?
17. Who do you think should be held accountable when opioids are involved in an overdose death?
18. Do you think the prescribing doctor and the patient are equally culpable when opioids are prescribed?
19. What part does society as a whole play in the opioid epidemic?
20. What changes, if any, do you think should be made in prescribing opioids?
