Foreign Body

Name: Foreign Body
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Robin Cook
ISBN: 9781436265492

Author: Robin Cook

Series: A Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery Novel #8

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 11 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/05/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

In this chilling novel from the bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times), NYC medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton rush to India to help a UCLA student investigating medical tourism—and a sinister global conspiracy.

Devastated by the news that her beloved granmother has died after hip surgery in New Delhi, UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez flies to India, desperate for answers. Jennifer’s grandmother appears to be a victim of medical tourism—uninsured first-world citizens traveling to third-world countries for more affordable surgery. With revelations of other unexplained deaths and pressure from Indian hospital officials for a hasty cremation, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery.

Laurie, along with her husband, Dr. Jack Stapleton, rush to Jennifer’s side, only to discover a sophisticated medical facility with little margin for error. But as the death count grows, so do the questions, leading Laurie and Jennifer to unveil a multilayered conspiracy of global proportions.

About The Author

Robin Cook, M.D., is the author of more than thirty books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Boston. His most recent novels include Host, Cell, and Nano.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on October 04, 2022

This book is part of a series. It can be read as a stand alone. In this one we deal with medical tourism. This is when patients go overseas to have procedures because they cannot afford them in America. The problem with this is affecting the bottom line for some American companies. I loved the concep......more

Goodreads review by Paul on September 28, 2023

Is Robin Cook jumping the shark? Jennifer Hernandez, a fourth year medical student at UCLA, suspicious about certain details of the death of her grandmother in a New Delhi hospital, flies to India to investigate and to claim the body. Ultimately, Hernandez discovers that her grandmother has in fact b......more

Goodreads review by Choco on January 21, 2024

Es verdad que todos los libros que he leído de este hombre se parecen, aunque eso le pasa un poco a todas las sagas, pero es que si va de forenses y es un thriller médico, pues ya van a coincidir en unas cuántas cosas que vienen por el género. Pero es que este hombre las justifica muy bien. Se le da......more

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Praise for Foreign Body:

“Does for hypochondriacs what Ludlum does for paranoiacs... Cook is a master of pacing.”—Raleigh News & Observer

“Interesting characters, plenty of medical background, a fast pace, and increasingly unbelievable events.”—Library Journal

“Cook well knows that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. After all, he’s been coating very serious medical ethics debates in fast, fun, escapist thrillers for more than three decades.”—The News-Press