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    <body><![CDATA[Formulaic, but eerily prescient. <br/><br/>Robin Cook's books are all pretty much the same, but I enjoyed this one anyway. Drs. Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are back, this time saving NYC from terrorists with anthrax. <br/><br/><em>Vector</em> was published in 1999, and it's a bit creepy to read ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44969354">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This disturbing and page-turning read is a weapon of mass destruction thriller involving a disgruntled Russian taxi driver (a former biological weapons tech), two firefighter white supremists, Jack Stapleton - a NYC medical examiner who uncovers the plot to wipe out a government building and Central...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79118868">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another in the Jack Stapleton / Laurie Montgomery series. The plot dealt with a Russian and a bioweapon.  Although it took a little while to get going, as I got closer to the end I wondered if the characters would have time to figure out the mystery in time to save everyone...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yep. You guessed it.  Another book I read at the cabin. His books are mildly entertaining though I wish I was smart enough to actually understand half of the medical jargon he likes to spout.  The ending was nice and sinister. Those bad guys deserve it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I am done with Cook.  His characters are shallow and undeveloped and he is way too descriptive.  I have seen his writing deteriorate over the last few books and this is the last straw.  I notice by the reviews that I am not alone . . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Jeff started a thread at Wild City Books n' Movies, back in 2k3.<br/><br/>I probably read it too, but don't remember it.<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wildcity.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Books&action=display&thread=1071" title="http://wildcity.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Books&action=display&thread=1071">http://wildcity.proboards.com/index.cgi?...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As most of Mr Cook's books are...this was very disturbing.  I hope his imagination is larger than any terrorist.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This will make acutely aware of the dangers of bioterrorism and how one would actually be played out. Intense.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my favorite genre, but an enjoyable read. A little contrived, but a lot of popular others tend to be.  I read this for class, and it was a 'quick' read considering it's about 400 pages.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books by robin cook!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book. I love this series]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am reading this one in french.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a what-if biowarfare/terrorism scenario in NYC.  Good story, good afterword about this sort of terrorism and admonition to &quot;stay frosty&quot; (be alert, aware of what's going on around you).  Even a bibliography.  Cool.  Reminded me of the Cobra Event, by Richard Preston.  Scary.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My husband suggested this book as he loves Robin Cook and thought this one wouldn't be too &quot;disturbing&quot; for me to read.  I enjoyed it and found it a rather fast pace read.  I got bogged down a few times in it but all and all enjoyed it.]]></body>
    
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