PANDEMIC
New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the cutting-edge world of gene-modification in this pulse-pounding new medical thriller.
When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the nightmarish contagion, Jack autopsies the woman within hours of her demise and discovers some striking anomalies: first, that she has had a heart transplant, and second, that, against all odds, her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart. Read more
"Cook richly develops characters, allowing us to share their most personal thoughts and professional concerns."
—USA Today
Robin Cook is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He has written 32 international bestsellers.
Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word "medical" to the thriller genre, and thirty-four years after publication of his breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Read more
HOST
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Lynn Peirce, a medical student at South Carolina's Mason-Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her boyfriend, Carl, enters the hospital for routine surgery, her life is thrown into total chaos.
CHARLATANS
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Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths.