Marker
Published on 6. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-330-48307-0 (ISBN)
Description
Marker is a fast paced medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.
A young man seems the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while skating in New York's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgical treatment he is dead. Next, a mother has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee - and within twenty-four hours she too has died.
Confronted with a series of puzzling deaths of young, healthy patients after routine treatment, medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton begin to investigate. Up against resistance from her superiors, and also coping with a personal life that continues to fragment, precipitated by Jack's inability to commit to their relationship, Laurie's need for answers becomes even more urgent.
Could all these deaths be intentional? With time winding down, she and Jack embark on a race to connect the dots . . .
Enjoy more medical mystery thrillers with Contagion, Vector, and Pandemic.
A young man seems the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while skating in New York's Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgical treatment he is dead. Next, a mother has knee surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee - and within twenty-four hours she too has died.
Confronted with a series of puzzling deaths of young, healthy patients after routine treatment, medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton begin to investigate. Up against resistance from her superiors, and also coping with a personal life that continues to fragment, precipitated by Jack's inability to commit to their relationship, Laurie's need for answers becomes even more urgent.
Could all these deaths be intentional? With time winding down, she and Jack embark on a race to connect the dots . . .
Enjoy more medical mystery thrillers with Contagion, Vector, and Pandemic.
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Series
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 112 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-330-48307-0 (9780330483070)
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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.