Vector (A Medical Thriller)
by By Cook, Robin
Category: Fiction , Thrillers , General

New York City cab driver Yuri                             Davydov is a disgruntled                             Russian emigre 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              piece de resistance of vengeance, he experiments              first on his suspicious live-in girlfriend, then on a              few poor-tipping fares....              Dr. Jack Stapleton and Dr. Laurie Montgomery              (both last seen in Chromosome 6) begin to              witness some unusual cases in their capacity as              forensic pathologists in the city's medical              examiner's office: a young, healthy black woman              dies of respiratory failure, a Greek immigrant              succumbs to a sudden, overwhelming pneumonia.              At the same time, the pair are pressured from              above to focus on a high-profile string of suspicious              deaths of prisoners in police custody. When an              unexpected breakthrough persuades Jack that these              seemingly unrelated deaths are really connected              murders, his colleagues and superiors are skeptical.              Only Laurie is somewhat convinced. But the              question soon becomes whether the pair will solve              the puzzle before Yuri unleashes into the streets of              New York the ultimate terror: a modern              bioweapon.              With signature skill, Robin Cook has crafted a              page-turning thriller rooted in up-to-the-minute              biotechnology. Vector is all-too-plausible fiction at              its terrifying best.