Results for 'robin cook'

1. Anthony , Frazer

False Negative

The vaccine works. The data says it doesn't. Someone made sure of that.Bartholomew Aldridge investigates corporate crime - the kind that happens behind boardroom doors, inside data systems, in the space between what companies say and what they do. When an insurer hires his four-person team to examine a failed clinical trial for a pandemic vaccine, the question seems simple: is the failure real?It isn't. The trial data has been systematically corrupted. A vaccine that could save thousands of lives has been made to look like it doesn't work.Finding the sabotage was the first problem. Finding who did it - and discovering that the trail leads in two directions at once, one toward corporate greed and the other toward something more dangerous - is the problem that could cost Aldridge everything.The clock is running. The FDA is closing in on a decision. And the people behind the sabotage know someone is looking.The second book in The Associates series. Can be read as a standalone.

Year of the Intern (Novel)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Year of the Intern, the first novel by Robin Cook and very different from his thrillers, follows the journey of intern Dr. Peters through his year of placement. It is an insider's perspective of the medical world. The book was written in 1973 but unfortunately the world has not really changed much. He began writing the book while serving on a submarine, basing it on his experiences as a medical resident. When it did not do particularly well, he began an extensive study of other books in the genre to see what made a bestseller. He decided to concentrate on medical suspense thrillers, mixing intricately plotted murder and intrigue with medical technology. He also brought controversial ethical and social issues affecting the medical profession to the attention of the general public.

Vector (Novel)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vector is the 1999 suspense thriller book written by Robin Cook.New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian émigré poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the American Dream. A former technician in the Soviet biological weapons system, Biopreparat, Yuri possesses the knowledge to wreak havoc in his new home. But before he executes his planned pièce de résistance of vengeance, he experiments first on his suspicious wife: connie, then on a few poor-tipping fares....

1. Robin , Cook

Bleed

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word 'medical' to the thriller genre, and decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal, Contagion, Chromosome 6, Foreign Body, Intervention and Cure.

1. Robin , Cook

Bleed

Bestselling 'master of the medical thriller' (The New York Times) Robin Cook delivers a gripping new novel of greed, corruption and the lethal cost of private equity in healthcare.Dr Jack Stapleton thought he left the ruthless grip of corporate healthcare behind for good after a private-equity buyout destroyed his ophthalmology practice. In the decade since, Asclepius Health Partners has gone on to devastate community hospitals, cutting corners, piling up debt and walking away with fortunes while leaving entire towns without care.Now, as a large New York City hospital appears to be heading for the same fate, Jack is reluctantly pulled back into Asclepius's orbit to document its shady business methods. When the hospital's administrator is found dead, reportedly by suicide, Jack's suspicions are only deepened. A closer look at the evidence points to murder ­- and a shocking cover-up.But with the truth threatening to surface in the press, the firm will do anything to keep their empire intact. Suddenly Jack knows too much - and he's become their next target. Exposing Asclepius could save countless lives . . . or it could cost him his own.

Derek Raymond

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 - 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an ¿ English ¿ crime writer, credited with being the founder of English noir.