Throat Culture (Body of Evidence) - Softcover

Golden, Christopher; Hautala, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689865279 ISBN 13: 9780689865275

Publisher: Simon Pulse, 2005

Synopsis

When her father's wedding reception unexpectedly turns into a hotbed of illness and paralysis, Jenna discovers that her college campus has also been infected, forcing her and her forensic team to race against time to identify the virus and find a cure before it's too late. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Golden is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, Of Saints and Shadows, and the Body of Evidence thriller series. He has cowritten a number of novels and comic books set in the worlds of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. There are more than eight million copies of his books in print. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.

From Booklist:

Gr. 8-11. The latest Body of Evidence thriller, which stands quite well on its own, finds Jenna Blake, intrepid, well-intentioned college sophomore, once again poking her nose where it doesn't belong. This time trouble begins at festivities for her newly married dad, where guests, and the new bride, start dropping like flies after sampling the buffet. While Jenna's stepmother remains on the critical list, homicide detective Audrey Gaines, the local medical examiner (for whom Jenna works part-time), and Jenna herself pursue a variety of clues before finding the culprit. Although Jenna does confront a problem with her college roommate and has an occasional insecure moment, she relates mostly to adults; their problems are the stuff of this story. She is also a good deal more sophisticated than the college-age incarnation of her literary progenitor, Nancy Drew (she even uses a few swear words and kisses a much older man). That said, this is a relatively tame segue into the more highly charged and explicit adult mystery genre. Stephanie Zvirin
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0689865279
• ISBN 13: 9780689865275
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256