Shock

Cook, Robin

ISBN 10: 0399146008 / ISBN 13: 9780399146008

Published by Putnam Adult, New York, 2001

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New Hardback, 1st Edition, full number line, 1st Printing, FINE/FINE - Book/Dust Jacket
Technology and greed converge in this spine-tingling novel of medicine run amok by the bestselling master of medical suspense.

Deborah Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, graduate science students and close friends, spot a campus newspaper ad that promises to solve their financial problems: an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on Boston's North Shore is looking for egg donors. Deborah and Joanna figure they can do a good deed-help infertile couples-and earn money. Although rumors of a fellow student donor's unexplained disappearance surface, the duo is not deterred.

The procedures seem to go smoothly. Deborah is particularly intrigued by the technology involved and by Dr. Spencer Windgate, the charismatic fertility expert responsible for the clinic's success. But second thoughts and curiosity prompt the two women to find out more about the fate of their donated eggs. Stymied by the clinic's veil of secrecy, Deborah and Joanna obtain employment there to continue their probe. Working under aliases, they soon discover the horrifying aims of Dr. Windgate's research, immediately putting their lives-and their sanity-irrevocably at risk.

Posited on up-to-the-minute science, Shock finds Robin Cook at the uncertain crossroads of medical technology and ethics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shock
• Publisher: Putnam Adult, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399146008
• ISBN 13: 9780399146008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, full number line.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

To earn some extra money, Deborah Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, two financially strapped graduate students, become involved with a Boston fertility clinic in search of egg donors, but when they become suspicious about the clinic and its head, Dr. Spencer Windgate, they risk their lives to uncover the truth. 300,000 first printing. Lit Guild, Doubleday, & Mystery Guild Main.

About the Author

Dr. Robin Cook is the author of thirty previous books, most recently Nano, and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, Coma. He divides his time between Boston and Florida. His most recent bestsellers include Death Benefit, Cure, and Intervention.