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Jul 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780425242605 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Aug 10, 2010 | ISBN 9781101189269 Buy
Aug 10, 2010 | 686 Minutes Buy
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Jul 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780425242605
Aug 10, 2010 | ISBN 9781101189269
Aug 10, 2010 | ISBN 9781101223178
686 Minutes
With her son’s illness in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work-and finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzle of the highest order, involving organized crime and two start- up biotech companies caught in a zero-sum game…
The New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with another heart-pounding story of medical intrigue. With her young son’s potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge-and has Laurie’s colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away. Markham’s autopsy results are inconclusive, and though it appears he’s been poisoned, toxicology fails to corroborate Laurie’s suspicions. While her coworkers doubt her assassination theory, her determination wins over her husband, fellow medical examiner Jack Stapleton, and together they discover associations to a large pharmaceutical company and several biomedical start-ups dealing with stem-cell research. Laurie and Jack race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage.
Robin Cook, MD, is the author of more than 30 books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his groundbreaking and wildly successful 1977 novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
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