Description
Product ID: | 9781509892952 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery |
Title: | Pandemic |
Authors: | Author: Robin Cook |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, New York |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A taut and compelling medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook. <p><b><i>Pandemic</i> is an explosive medical thriller about a deadly virus, from <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author Robin Cook.</b><br><br>In New York City, a young, seemingly healthy woman is struck down by a respiratory attack as she heads home on the subway. By the time she arrives in Manhattan, she’s dead. She ends up on forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton’s autopsy table, which reveals surprising findings about the cause of death.<br><br>Fearing the woman’s case could be the first in a severe outbreak of a deadly airborne virus, Jack works in overdrive for a diagnosis. As the inconclusive tests come back, Jack urges his wife, and chief medical examiner, Dr. Laurie Montgomery, to sound the alarm at the mayor’s office, concerned that more cases may follow.<br><br>When further cases do occur around the city, and then in Los Angeles, London and Rome, Jack enters a race against time to discover the link that connects all the victims before it’s too late . . .<br><br><b>Enjoy more medical mystery thrillers with <i>Contagion, Vector</i>, and<i> Genesis</i>.</b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-09-19 |