New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of using DNA tracking to catch a killer in Genesis, an unforgettable medical thriller.When the body of social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery’s autopsy table, it appears at first that she was the victim of a tragic drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but outspoken Dr. Aria Nichols, further investigation reveals an alarming discovery. The young woman was ten weeks pregnant when she died, but nobody seems to know who the father was – or whether he holds the key to Kera’s final moments alive.While Laurie faces a personal crisis with the support of her husband, forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton, the impulsive Aria investigates a controversial new technique to progress the case: using DNA databases to track down those who don’t want to be found. Working with experts at a genealogy website based in New York, she plans to trace the foetus’s DNA in the hopes of identifying the mystery father.After Kera’s closest friend is found murdered days later, the need for answers becomes critical. Because someone outthere clearly doesn’t want Kera’s secrets to come to light . . . and if Aria gets any closer to the truth, she and Laurie face becoming targets for a ruthless killer.
CONTRIBUTORS: Robin Cook
EAN: 9781529019124
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 514 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Medical, FICTION / Medical
WIDTH: 153 cm
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New York City, c 2010 to c 2019, Crime and mystery fiction, Technothriller
Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word ‘medical’ to the thriller genre and, decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Robin Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce more than thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal and Contagion.
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