Robin Cook: Manner of Death (USA 2024)

From the Publisher:
In this fast-paced medical mystery-thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie must determine the manner of death after a pathology resident's suspicious suicide.

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 apparent death by suicide, Laurie's guilt compels her to try to understand why. Jack's autopsy on the resident opens the disturbing possibility that the manner of death wasn't suicide but instead a staged homicide. But staged by whom?

Laurie ignores her own professional rules and responsibilities to investigate personally who might want Ryan dead... and for what reason. Thus begins a dangerous inquiry into a fraudulent but highly lucrative cancer diagnostics company, which might just cost Laurie her life.

Robin Cook: Manner of Death. A Novel. Putnam's Trade Paperback, ISBN: 9780593713921 (September, 2024), 354 p., $19.00.

Robin Cook: Manner of Death (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH...
Reeling from a devastating encounter that nearly ended his life, Jack Stapleton is still in recovery - leaving Laurie Montgomery, his wife and New York's chief medical examiner, to manage a difficult situation at home and an even tougher one at work.

When a young man appears on the medical examiner's table, an apparent death by suicide, Laurie is compelled to try to understand what happened. The autopsy reveals the disturbing possibility that foul play was involved and provides a lot more questions than answers.

Ignoring her own professional rules, Laurie personally investigates who might have wanted this man dead and why. So begins her descent into a dangerous world filled with ruthless individuals who will do anything to protect their business interests - and it might just cost Laurie her life...

PRAISE FOR ROBIN COOK
'Gripping... terrifying'
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Robin Cook: Manner of Death. It's in the Blood. Pan Books, ISBN: 9781035028757 (August, 2024), 337 p., £9.99.

Robin Cook: Manner of Death (UK 2023)

From the Publisher:
A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH...
Reeling from a devastating encounter that nearly ended his life, Jack Stapleton is still in recovery, leaving his wife Laurie Montgomery, New York's chief medical examiner, to manage a difficult situation at home and an even tougher one at work.

When a young man appears on the medical examiner's table, an apparent death by suicide, Laurie is compelled to try and understand what happened. The autopsy reveals the disturbing possibility that foul play was involved, and provides many more questions than answers.

Ignoring her own professional rules, Laurie personally investigates who might want the man dead and why. So begins a descent into a dangerous world filled with ruthless individuals who will do anything to protect their business interests, and that might just cost Laurie her life...

Robin Cook: Manner of Death. It's in the blood. Macmillan, ISBN: 9781035028733 (December, 2023), 337 p., £22.00.

Robin Cook: Manner of Death (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
In the new fast-paced medical thriller from bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are inadvertently drawn into a dangerous vortex of a series of homicides that have been cleverly staged as suicides.

After Dr. Jack Stapleton's near-death confrontation with a medical serial killer, his wife, NYC Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When Laurie insists that Dr. Ryan Sullivan -- an underperforming senior pathology resident who is spending his required month at the medical examiner's office but who truly detests doing forensic autopsies -- assist her on a suicide autopsy in hopes of stimulating his interest in the field, the last thing she expects is to be unwittingly drawn into a major conspiracy that puts her own life in jeopardy.

Desperate to avoid performing as many forensic autopsies as possible, Dr. Ryan Sullivan offers to participate in a research project on a series of suicides put together by one of the medical legal investigators. These suicides, like the case Ryan analyzes with Laurie, hint at some bothersome questions about their "manner of death." Although the project was more of a ruse than a serious study, Ryan surprises himself by immediately uncovering unexpected shared commonalities. Most astonishing of all, Ryan's inquiries eventually put him and Laurie at risk by leading to a nefarious cancer diagnostics company that promotes the very latest, groundbreaking cancer screening technology in a shockingly self-serving and fraudulent fashion.

Robin Cook: Manner of Death. A Novel. Putnam's, ISBN: 9780593713891 (December, 2023), 337 p., $29.00.