Death Benefit, Robin Cook
Death Benefit, Robin Cook
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Death Benefit

Author: Robin Cook

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 12 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/27/2011


Synopsis

ROBIN COOK--New York Times-best selling author and master of the medical thriller--returns with another crackling tale of unchecked greed, medical malfeasance, adn starling science.

PIA GRAZDANI is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist on cutting-edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating replacement organs for critically ill patients. Thorough her work with the brilliant molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will be given the chance to fulfill her ambition to participate in medical discoveries that can help millions while bringing her a measure of personal peace that might once and for all push aside memories of her difficult and abusive childhood.But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of infatuated classmate George Wilson, must investigate the unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab.Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz kids think they have found another loadstone in the nation's multi-trillion dollar life insurance industry. They race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize the policies of the aged and infirm to make another killing.As Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab one question remains unanswered: is someone attempting to manipulate private insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?

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

Goodreads review by Hedoga

(Audiolibro) Bueno pues, lo terminé. En 3 días. ¡ qué vicio ! De nuevo muy entretenido, muy variado, muy didáctico, muy enganchante, y muy, muy fácil de leer (o escuchar). A ver, qué voy a decir, no tenía ni idea de que la ****** estaba tan avanzada, y éste señor me lo ha "enseñado". La trama tiene su......more

Pia is a brilliant fourth year medical student working with a brilliant but difficult scientist on top secret, life changing research. Dr. Rothman gets along with no one but Pia and one other scientist. Pia, you see, may be beautiful on the outside but she is damaged emotionally. Her upbringing was......more

Goodreads review by Crosby

After having read nearly all of Cook's previous books, it is natural to compare this one to those. After doing so, it was obvious to me that he has written books far better than this one. His character development was very good (but most of the characters were not particularly nice people). His plot......more

Goodreads review by Nadín

Tengo un serio problema con este libro, y puede extenderse quizás a casi todo lo que leí hasta ahora del autor. Cook es uno de mis primeros nombres a recomendar siempre y eso tiene que ver con dos cosas: el campo en el que sitúa la mayoría de sus historias y la investigación, la que comparte con sus......more


Quotes

"...a fascinating tale that never slows down." — Library Journal

"Cook provides an interesting study of the strange bedfellows the biotech business and the mob might make..." — Publishers Weekly