With his signature blend of suspense and science, Robin Cook delivers an electrifying page-turner that delves into the murky ethics of developing genomic medicine and modern-day health care… As her relationship with Dr. Jack Stapleton begins to unravel, Dr. Laurie Montgomery starts investigating the inexplicable deaths of young, healthy people after successful routine surgery. She discovers … surgery. She discovers that the deaths might be intentional—the work of a remarkably clever serial killer with a shocking motive. And then Laurie is hit with more devastating news: she might be carrying the genetic marker for breast cancer. As the need for answers becomes more urgent, Laurie is pulled into the nightmare as a potential victim herself. With time winding down, she and Jack must put aside the tensions between them in a race to connect the dots—and save Laurie’s life…
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The characters and their relationship are complex and realistic. How they react to personal medical events and suspicion about deaths to healthy patients is so understandable, if frustrating. The character description of the villian is fascinating. The race to find a solution before disaster keeps us turning pages faster and faster.
Being in the medical profession myself, I love medical mysteries and fell in love with Robin Cook books back when Coma came out as a movie and Sphinx (his only, to my knowledge, NON-medical book, though I still thoroughly enjoyed both the book and the movie). Marker did not disappoint.
An interesting read but altogether pretty predictable. The author apparently has no experience in business based on the outlandish and simply sinister things he attributes to someone simply because they are profit oriented. One wonders if he practiced medicine for free or better yet gives away his books instead of profiting from their sale. Of course like most everyone he expects a return on the investment he made in his profession and as a writer but somehow it is sinister For a managed care company to make a profit on its expertise, time and capital investments. As much as I enjoyed this story, his anti business narrative has turned me off enough to never buy another Robin Cook book
I love all the Jack and Laurie books, medical examiner’s digging deep into their investigation’s.
Had to keep reading to the end!
Scary in the real life sense. This could happen to you!
One of his better ones IMHO. Good plot. He’s not my favorite MD writer, as I find his characters a bit two dimensional, but his imagination is great and plots readible.
A story that could be from today’s headlines ! If you have concerns about genetic engineering, this is a book for you. Just enough science to keep it real, but not some much as to bog down the story. A little far-fetched but not so much that I didn’t finish it.
Very Interesting!
Very good but near the end there was a lot of pages that did not add to the story.
This book makes you question insurance policies based on statistics.
It’s realistic but a bit to technical though the end is a bit unpredictable
Robin Cook is a master of the medical mystery and he doesn’t disappoint in Marker. The author always manages to write about the latest medical technology and this one is about genetic markers that predispose people to certain diseases.
Enjoyed this; had trouble putting it down.
I enjoyed reading this book because of the subject matter, managed health care and how it can (or could) get out of hand trying to control cost of care.
Robin Cook cooks up mysteries that are really hard to put down. This one – Marker – was no exception. Loved this book!
One of Cook’s best
Medical thriller. Very timely with all the DNA testing out there – concerns on how used in money making medical world
Typical Robin Cook I loved it.
Fabulous!! Having been in the medical field myself, and knowing how the medical insurance companies “work” makes this story all too possible. It is very well-written and was a pleasure to read!