Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series
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1) Blindsight
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
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Dr. Laurie Montgomery, a forensic pathologist, investigates a series of fatal "overdoses" and uncovers an underground black market transplant business.
Today, organ transplants are common miracles of science. But if the supply cannot meet the demand, how far will people go to find donors? A LG dual selection.
2) Contagion
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Dr. John Stapleton, embittered by the deaths of his wife and daughters in a plane crash and the loss of his ophthalmology practice to AmeriCare, retrains for a career in forensic pathology where he uncovers a plot by the health care giant to kill off its more costly subscribers.
3) Chromosome 6
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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“Master of the medical thriller.”—The New York Times
In his most prophetic thriller yet, Robin Cook goes behind the headlines on cloning and genetic manipulation, blending fact with fiction in this terrifying bestseller.
In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level—where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap...
In his most prophetic thriller yet, Robin Cook goes behind the headlines on cloning and genetic manipulation, blending fact with fiction in this terrifying bestseller.
In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level—where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap...
4) Vector
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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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.......
5) Marker
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton, under personal and professional stress after their love relationship goes sour, find their very lives in danger when they begin investigating the deaths of a series of seemingly healthy patients who suffered heart failure after undergoing routine surgeries.
6) Crisis
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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New York medical examiner Dr. Jack Stapleton is contacted by his sister requesting his help in a malpractice suit against her husband Craig, a doctor who has, built a practice based on providing personalized care to select patients, and while he is able to prove Craig is not guilty of the charge against him, Jack does learn an even more disturbing fact about his brother-in-law.
7) Critical
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Penguin Publishing Group
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English
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New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning novel from the “master of the medical thriller” (New York Times)—a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor’s dangerous downward spiral.
After a rough climb to the top, doctor and businesswoman Angela Dawson appears to have it all: a start-up—Angels Healthcare—that’s about to go public,...
After a rough climb to the top, doctor and businesswoman Angela Dawson appears to have it all: a start-up—Angels Healthcare—that’s about to go public,...
8) Foreign Body
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Penguin Publishing Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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In this chilling novel from the bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times), NYC medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton rush to India to help a UCLA student investigating medical tourism—and a sinister global conspiracy.
Devastated by the news that her beloved granmother has died after hip surgery in New Delhi, UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez flies to India,...
Devastated by the news that her beloved granmother has died after hip surgery in New Delhi, UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez flies to India,...
9) Intervention
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Penguin Publishing Group
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English
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Bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the- headlines thriller, as New York City medical detective Jack Stapleton investigates the promises-and deadly risks-of alternative medicine and is led deep into the heart of a religious conspiracy...
10) Cure
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English
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With her young son's potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge-and has Laurie's colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away. Markham's autopsy results are inconclusive, and though it appears he's been poisoned,...
11) Pandemic
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the cutting-edge world of gene modification in this pulse-pounding new medical thriller. When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the...
12) Genesis
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English
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When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery's autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren't adding up. Kera's family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera...
13) NIGHT SHIFT
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English
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In this exhilarating new medical thriller by bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are lured into the dark underbelly of hospital dangers when an internist dies mysteriously.
Colleagues-turned-spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full with demanding forensic pathology work and family pressures. The last thing they need is the sudden death of a colleague. Yet when Laurie’s...
Colleagues-turned-spouses Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack Stapleton already have their plates full with demanding forensic pathology work and family pressures. The last thing they need is the sudden death of a colleague. Yet when Laurie’s...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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"Due to Jack Stapleton's ongoing recovery from his near-death confrontation with a serial killer, his wife Laurie Montgomery, the NYC chief medical examiner, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When she insists an underperforming pathology resident named Ryan Sullivan assist her on a suicide autopsy, Laurie unknowingly provokes an emotional storm in the trainee. So, when Ryan himself appears on the medical examiner's table days later, an...