Marker / Robin Cook.
Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin is the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies. A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours, she has died. Despite institutional resistance from her superiors, as well as from those at Manhattan General, Laurie doggedly pursues the investigation. Though it seems impossible to determine why and how the patients are dying, she comes to suspect that not only are the deaths related-they're intentional, suggesting the work of a remarkably clever serial killer with a very unusual motive, involving frightening ties to both developing genomic medicine and the economics of modern-day health care. Then Laurie is dealt a double blow: While coping with Jack's inability to commit to their relationship, she discovers she carries a genetic marker for a breast-cancer gene. As her personal life continues to unravel, the need for answers becomes more urgent, especially when Laurie is pulled into the nightmare as a potential victim herself. With time winding down, she and Jack race to connect the dots-and save Laurie's life.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399152938
- ISBN: 9780399152931
- ISBN: 042520734X
- ISBN: 9780425207345
- ISBN: 078627686X
- ISBN: 9780786276868
- ISBN: 1594131481
- ISBN: 9781594131486
- Physical Description: 533 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
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| Genre: | Medical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC COOK (Text) | 36015000258836 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | F Cook (Text) | 34269000768268 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F COOK (Text) | 30664100141644 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | F Coo (Text) | 33632002232826 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC COO (Text) | 31111002149766 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin is the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies. A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours, she has died. Despite institutional resistance from her superiors, as well as from those at Manhattan General, Laurie doggedly pursues the investigation. Though it seems impossible to determine why and how the patients are dying, she comes to suspect that not only are the deaths related-they're intentional, suggesting the work of a remarkably clever serial killer with a very unusual motive, involving frightening ties to both developing genomic medicine and the economics of modern-day health care. Then Laurie is dealt a double blow: While coping with Jack's inability to commit to their relationship, she discovers she carries a genetic marker for a breast-cancer gene. As her personal life continues to unravel, the need for answers becomes more urgent, especially when Laurie is pulled into the nightmare as a potential victim herself. With time winding down, she and Jack race to connect the dots-and save Laurie's life.
