Nothing Tastes As Good

Nothing Tastes As Good

Author: Luke Dumas Listening Length: 11h 25m

The nationally bestselling author of The Paleontologist and A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he...

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Emmett would be kept under strict confidentiality—no social media posts mentioning the trial, not a word to friends or family.

He was permitted to confide in only one emergency contact, in case he should find himself incapacitated and unable to communicate details of the trial to EMTs.

They too would have to provide a notarized signature.

He thought about it overnight and asked Lizette (leaving out the bit about incapacitation). He probably should have chosen a family member, but he still couldn’t bear the thought of their judgment or, worse, their support. It would only heighten their disappointment when it all went to shit.