Vector (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Cook, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0783885989 ISBN 13: 9780783885988

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1999

Synopsis

Forensic pathologists Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery match wits with New York City cab driver Yuri Davydov, a former technician with the Soviet biological weapons program and disgruntled emigre, who unleashes a deadly reign of terror on the streets of Manhattan

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Review

"[The] King of the Mind-bending Medical Thriller returns with a...killer-poison more dangerous than any before it". -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Book Description

New York cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian immigrant ready to lash out at his adoptive nation, which he believes has denied him the American Dream. As a former technician in the Soviet Union's biological weapons system, Yuri knows how to wreak havoc in his new home. But before he executes his masterpiece of vengenance, he experiments first on selected targets. Dr Jack Stapleton begins to witness some unusual cases in his capacity as forensic pathologist in the City medical examiner's office. A Greek immigrant apparently succumbs to sudden overwhelming pneumonia, while an obese Afro-American woman collapses with acute respiratory distress. When an unexpected coincidence suggest to Jack that these seemingly unrelated deaths are actually connected murders, his colleagues and superiors remain sceptical. Meanwhile he is taking himself deeper into deadly danger - but can he reach the heart of the puzzle before Davydov and his associates unleash into the streets of New York the ultimate terror: a modern bio-weapon?

Edition details

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0783885989
• ISBN 13: 9780783885988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 597