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DEATH BENEFIT - A Novel

DEATH BENEFIT - A Novel Paperback - 2012

by Cook, Robin

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Natalie Savondnik and Ronald Goodall--two exceptional yet aloof medical residents--are working closely with their medical center's premier scientist on cutting-edge diabetes research. When their mentor dies suddenly, they launch a quiet investigation. As they dig deeper, it becomes clear that the scientist's death was not from natural causes.

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New York: Berkley Books, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 530 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist on cutting-edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating replacement organs for critically ill patients. Thorough her work with the brilliant molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will be given the chance to fulfill her ambition to participate in medical discoveries that can help millions while bringing her a measure of personal peace that might once and for all push aside memories of her difficult and abusive childhood. But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of infatuated classmate George Wilson, must investigate the unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab. Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz kids think they have found another loadstone in the nation's multi-trillion dollar life insurance industry. They race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize the policies of the aged and infirm to make another killing....
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  • Title DEATH BENEFIT - A Novel
  • Author Cook, Robin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback Printing
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, New York
  • Date 2012
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 225075
  • ISBN 9780425250365 / 0425250369
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.56 x 4.29 x 1.3 in (19.20 x 10.90 x 3.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Life insurance
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center’s premier scientist on cutting edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating replacement organs for critically ill patients. But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of classmate George Wilson, launches an investigation into the unforeseen calamity in the hospital’s supposedly secure biosafety lab.

Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz-kids think they’ve found another loadstone in the nation’s multi-trillion dollar life insurance industry, and race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize the policies of the aged and infirm to make another killing.

As Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab, one question remains unanswered: is someone attempting to manipulate private insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?

From the publisher

Dr. Robin Cook is the author of thirty previous books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his wildly successful first novel, COMA. He divides his time between Florida and New Hampshire. His most recent bestsellers are CURE, INTERVENTION, and FOREIGN BODY.

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"Master of the medical thriller."

About the author

Robin Cook, M.D., is the author of more than thirty books and is credited with popularizing the medical thriller with his groundbreaking and wildly successful 1977 novel, Coma. He divides his time among Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Cook's most recent bestselling novels include Cell, Death Benefit, and Cure.