Contagion (Jack Stapleton Series #2)

by Robin Cook

Overview

One of Cook's most successful—and timely—bestsellers. Contagion is a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium as a deadly epidemic is spread not merely by microbes—but by sabotage...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425155943
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/1996
Series:	Jack Stapleton Series , #2
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	496
Sales rank:	449,014
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.75(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Nano, and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time between Boston and Florida. His most recent bestsellers include Death Benefit, Cure, and Intervention.

Editorial Reviews

In Cook's numerous best-selling medical thrillers, the nasty microbes and lethal diseases are never as loathsome as the greedy villains who spread illness for profit. Here, a cynical forensics doctor suspects that a for-profit medical firm is murdering its more costly subscribers. A Literary GuildR main selection.

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