Marker - [Jack Stapleton 05] - Robin Cook - English

Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin is the picture ofhealth, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City'sCentral Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies.

A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has kneesurgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours,she has died.

New York City medical examiners Dr. Laurie Montgomery andDr. Jack Stapleton are back, in Robin Cook's electrifying twenty-fifth novel.Last seen in Vector, the doctors confront a series of puzzling hospital deathsof young, healthy people after successful routine surgery.

Despite institutional resistance from her superiors, as wellas from those at Manhattan General, Laurie doggedly pursues the investigation.Though it seems impossible to determine why and how the patients are dying, shecomes to suspect that not only are the deaths related-they're intentional,suggesting the work of a remarkably clever serial killer with a very unusualmotive, involving frightening ties to both developing genomic medicine and theeconomics of modern-day health care.

Then Laurie is dealt a double blow: While coping with Jack'sinability to commit to their relationship, she discovers she carries a geneticmarker for a breast-cancer gene. As her personal life continues to unravel, theneed for answers becomes more urgent, especially when Laurie is pulled into thenightmare as a potential victim herself. With time winding down, she and Jackrace to connect the dots-and save Laurie's life.

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