A Pound of Flesh, Sorta
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 2020
228 pages
978-0-9600285-7-3 (ISBN)
Description
Leaders of drug gangs in New Mexico don't want scientist Sara Almquist to testify at their upcoming trials for murder and racketeering. After Sara gets a package of sheep guts contaminated with the bacteria that causes the plague, FBI agents rush to protect her. But is the package a threat from the gangs to stop her from testifying or a public health alert by a whistleblower?
This mystery/ thriller is an example of science in fiction.
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Person
J. L. Greger is a scientist turned novelist. She lives in New Mexico with Bug, the prototype for the pet therapy dog who appears in her mystery/thriller novels. She demonstrates her interest in science, international travel, and her home state in the novels of her Science Traveler Series: The Flu Is Coming, Murder: A Way to Lose Weight, Malignancy, Riddled with Clues, A Pound of Flesh, Sorta, and others. Website: http://jlgreger.com
Content
36 chapters of ficiton- mystery/thriller
1 chapter of "The science behind the story" with scientific references
