I've read 2 novels by Robin Cook. The other one being Chromosome 6. The overall style of them is similar.The story focuses on a third year medical student who just starts clinical rotations at the Boston Memorial Hospital. On her very first day she takes interest in a patient who fell into a coma...
With her infant sons neuroblastoma in complete remission famedmedical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery decides to return towork after two years of medical leave. She takes a routine caseto ease herself back into the job. An unidentified Japanese male who died of what appears to be natural causes. A...
Pia Grazdini, a fourth year medical student at the Columbia University's Medical Center, works under molecular geneticist Dr. Rothman who wants her working in his lab focusing on the stem cell, specializing on the tissue culture fluid and after she graduates, wants her as a research colleague. R...
Robin Cook used to be one of my favorite authors. I read the first 20 or so of his books but none in the last decade until this one. It was different from others I've read and disappointing. Robin Cook, like other authors I assume, is trying to change with the times and become "edgier" or some...
I have been a Robin Cook fan since his very first book. I recently reread this one as I am always re-reading old favorites. I am not quite sure what it is I love about this book but I do love it. In the small Vermont town of Bartlet, people are dying mysterious deaths at Barlet Community Hospital...
I took this book on the airplane to read hoping that I could get it done on the return home and leave it in the seat for another "lucky" passenger to read. However, they kept me so entertained in first class that I didn't get to the book until about 2 hours before we landed.I was quite impressed...
Édesanyám ajánlására néztem meg sok-sok évvel ezelőtt a regény alapján készített filmet. Ha jól emlékszem, akkortájt még csak vágyakoztam Egyiptomba (ha valaki akkor azt mondja, hogy nemcsak eljutok a Nílus völgyébe, de saját ásatást is vezethetek ott, azt simán lehülyézem), és az eredeti helyszí...
Decent and almost visionary thrillerWhen Yuri Davydov, a former Russian technician from a secret biological weapons plant, escaped to the United States he has high hopes of the American culture and economy. But quite soon he discovers that the American Dream turns out to be a real nightmare. In A...
I've accepted that Robin Cook basically uses the same plot again and again. A curious young academic/doctor gets involved with an organization that promises to change the world for the better etc. and finds out that said organization is taking advantage of clients and performing morally despicabl...
With his latest novel, Cook continues his string of stories about Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, medical examiners in New York City. In Marker, the mystery begins when Laurie posts two bodies on consecutive days that have no obvious pathology. Both were young and seemingly healthy, the onl...
The characters in Fever ruined this book. Fever had an interesting premise that tied in medical and environmental issues, but all the characters were selfish and impulsive (maybe Cook was going for “realistic”? I don’t even know), and I felt like a helpless bystander who couldn’t do anything to r...
This was the first Robin Cook I had read - sometime in X grade when I was a wee 15 year old. I as supposed to be studying for my finals and I would stay up till my parents were asleep so I could switch on the light and continue with this book. Fond memories!This book is creepy and chilling and al...
Here is a medical thriller that will have you racing through the pages.The Schonbergs can't afford a baby. Adam is a third year medical student, and Jennifer is a professional dancer earning the income to put him through school. Her pregnancy is unplanned, and she considers terminating it, especi...
He leído ocho libros del doctor Robin Cook, el 75% han sido thrillers médicos de conspiraciones y experimentos que salieron al, del 25% restante, la mitad fue un libro de una conspiración por ocultar el tráfico de tesoros arqueloógicos en Egipto y la otra mitad fue un excelente libro de ciencia f...
I've read Robin Cook books since I was a teenager and this really reminds me of those great vintage Cooks I used to gobble up back then. Once I discovered him I was completely immersed in the world of medical thrillers, surprisingly they make for great reads, if you like books, have a bit of inte...
"Somehow she would have to face this last demon child, and with Joe's help, end forever the nightmare that her husband had begun."These were the words of Marsha Frank, thinking of the experiment that her husband, Frank, had done at his laboratory, that had caused her son, along with several other...
Book AnalysisDr. Robin Cook, a graduate of Columbia University Medical School, finished his postgraduate medical training in Harvard. He is the author of the novel, Contagion.The novel is really wonderful, very detailed and at the same time informative. I am really a fan of Dr. Robin Cook because...
The novel discusses the issue of malpractices committed by the slaughterhouses in order to maximize profits. It also demonstrates the collusion of government officials with these organizations and calls for much tougher laws to prevent malpractices. It also attracts the readers attention to the g...
Dr. Craig Bowman é um médico clínico-geral, que acabou de se separar de sua esposa Alexis, abandonando as suas três filhas e tentando começar um novo relacionamento com sua então secretária. Craig atua na medicina concierge, um sistema médico em que o paciente paga uma anuidade antecipadamente e ...
Summary:Chromosome 6 takes place in two totally different main settings. There is a medical office in New York City, but there is also a medical research center, Gensys, in the town of Cogo, Equatorial Guinea, Africa. In this research facility, the scientist are expierimenting with the extraction...
I had really high hopes for Robin Cook after reading 'Mindbend'. But this book never met my expectations. Robin Cook should have sticked to his cup of tea - the medical field. Instead he takes us on a wild goose chase, starting from America to Australia, then to Hong Kong and then to China. And s...
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller. Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA, just completing an elective in general surger...
Dr. Taboso spoke: "I don't believe so."Marissa had not expected a positive answer. That would have been too easy. She watched the floor indicator. The elevator stopped on eight.As they walked down the corridor, Marissa realized that none of the rooms they were passing were occupied. When she look...
KYOTO, JAPAN It happened in the blink of an eye. One instant everything was fine, considering the fact that Benjamin Corey was breaking into a foreign biological laboratory; the next instant it was a disaster in the making, and Ben Corey went from reasonably relaxed to simply terrified. Within se...
On normal days by that time he surely would have already picked out what he considered the best cases and would already be down in the autopsy room with Vinnie Amendola, giving him a hard time or vice versa. Instead, Jack was content to be locking up his bike at the side of one of the intake gara...
Critical (2007) 4APRIL 3, 2007 11:25 A.M.Contents -Prev |NextLaurie couldn't remember the last time she had been so keyed up. Moving quickly she left Paul Plodget's office after speaking with him and Edward Gonzales. She'd again hit pay dirt. The first time had been a half-hour earlier with Georg...
"That's the craziest idea I've heard in a long time. Why in heaven's name would we go back out there tonight!""Because we can!""You must be just as tired as I am. What kind of answer is that?""We still have access cards," Deborah explained. "We left early today, and I'm sure they discovered it, s...
Tony's mouth was full. He'd just finished shoveling in a huge bite of tortellini con panna. Lifting up his napkin, he wiped off the ring of cream and cheese from his lips. Angelo and Tony were in a small all-night restaurantsub shop in Astoria. It was Tony's idea to stop, but Angelo didn't mind s...
"But why?" Perry pleaded. The anger had gone out of his voice. "It stands to reason," Donald said. "These people have been avoiding detection of Interterra for thousands of years. How could they feel good about letting us return to the surface knowing what we know?""Oh dear!" Suzanne whispered."D...
Tuesday, April 7, 9:38 A.M. Lynn had been the one to insert the chest tube using local anesthetic. Michael had watched. It was far easier than when they had inserted the needle thoracotomy, because Hank, a third-year emergency medicine resident, had been the instructor and...
It had been a terrible day for George. Maybe the worst of his life, outside of the day Kasey had died. He was taken into custody and processed. Zee’s concern about some sort of government involvement in a possible death panel conspiracy terrified him, now that he was in the hands of the authoriti...
She and Daniel had followed a suggestion they’d been given by a security officer in the Senate Office Building and had walked over to Constitution Avenue in hopes of catching a cab, but they hadn’t had much luck. What had started out that morning as a reasonable day, weather-wise, had taken a tur...
She was horrified at the time. Being so accustomed to Martin getting up before six, she didn’t set the alarm when he slept over. Throwing back the covers, she dashed into the bathroom to jump into the shower. Philips opened his eyes in time to catch her bare back heading down the hallway. It was ...