Cure, Robin Cook
Cure, Robin Cook
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Cure

Author: Robin Cook

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/10/2010


Synopsis

The New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with another heart-pounding story of medical intrigue.

With her young son's potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge-and has Laurie's colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away.

Markham's autopsy results are inconclusive, and though it appears he's been poisoned, toxicology fails to corroborate Laurie's suspicions. While her coworkers doubt her assassination theory, her determination wins over her husband, fellow medical examiner Jack Stapleton, and together they discover associations to a large pharmaceutical company and several biomedical start-ups dealing with stem-cell research. Laurie and Jack race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage.

About The Author

Robin Cook, MD, is the author of more than 30 books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his groundbreaking and wildly successful 1977 novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.George Guidall is one of the foremost narrators in the audiobook industry, having recorded more than 800 unabridged novels. His 40-year career includes leading roles on- and off-Broadway and numerous appearances in film and television. He has won an Obie Award for best performance.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Rebecca on 2011-03-07 17:43:13

Trying to keep track of the names of the multitudes of Japanese characters in this story was extremely difficult. I kept having to back up and re-listen to try to keep them straight. Not Cook's best effort.

I continue to read Robin Cook's novels because they are always suspenseful, with clearly drawn characters, some of whom are the goody-goodies, and others who are the villains. Also he brings something a little different to the thriller by writing about medical situations, an area he knows about as h......more

Goodreads review by Carl

In Fatal Cure, David and Angela Wilson are young doctors who have relocated to Vermont to work in a state of the art medical facility while raising their daughter, who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. All is not as happy as it seems in this little small town Nirvana. The hospital is in financial troubl......more

Goodreads review by Alitzel

3.5 A pesar de que me confundí bastante con la cantidad de nombres creo que me gustó. No me esperaba exactamente cierta técnica que resultó ser el "tratamiento letal" pero sí se sospechan varias cosas nada más al comenzar. Comencé con "Coma" y seguiré leyendo al autor.......more

Goodreads review by Nira

Two young doctors complete their residencies in Boston and move out to a small community hospital in the country town of Bartlet, with their nine year old daughter, who has a chronic respiratory condition. With surprisingly high pay packets, two mortgages being offered by the Bank to purchase their......more

Robin Cook's Fatal Cure is a Medical Thriller, that fallows the Wilsons a could who are both Doctors. Who move to Barlet, Vermont, eager to start new jobs at the local rural hospital. However we soon , find out that Bartlet is a town with many skeletons in its closet. Cooks characters are well drawn......more


Quotes

Praise for Cure:

“Cook can write up a storm and spin a taut tale... A master.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Readers invested in Cook’s married ME duo will rapidly turn the pages as danger finds Laurie and Jack once again.”—Booklist