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Fever

A Gripping and Chilling Thriller from the Master of the Medical Mystery
By Robin Cook
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Fever is a fast-paced thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook. When his wife died of cancer and he desperately needed to know why, Doctor Charles Martel turned to research. Then his world is shattered for the second... Read More
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A man fights for his daughter's life in this medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.

A medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.

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Fever is a fast-paced thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook.

When his wife died of cancer and he desperately needed to know why, Doctor Charles Martel turned to research. Then his world is shattered for the second time. His daughter is admitted to hospital; his research project is cancelled.

Suddenly, he's a man fighting against the odds.

Against doctors who want to treat his daughter's leukaemia the wrong way.

Against a research institute that puts profits before ethics.

Odds enough to turn a responsible citizen into a desperate criminal...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035021994

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word 'medical' to the thriller genre, and decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal, Contagion, Chromosome 6, Foreign Body, Intervention and Cure.

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