Sequence - Rilegato

Andrews, Lori B.

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ISBN 10: 0312352700 ISBN 13: 9780312352707

Casa editrice: Minotaur Books, 2006

Riassunto

A geneticist with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Alexandra Blake uses her expertise to investigate a serial killer plaguing military bases across the country, but when an another murder hits all too close to home, Alex, her AFIP colleagues, and her boyfriend, a Texas congressman, find all their lives in danger. 60,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Lori Andrews is a nationally renowned expert on law and genetics, called in by governments and professional groups ranging from the emirate of Dubai to the French National Assembly, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the College of American Pathologists. When the federal government undertook the $3 billion Human Genome Project, she was chosen to chair the federal advisory committee dealing with the legal, ethical, and social implications of the project. Andrews is a tenured professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and directs the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The National Law Journal listed her one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America. The author of ten acclaimed nonfiction titles, including Body Bazaar and The Clone Age, this is her first novel. She lives in Chicago.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Dr. Alexandra Blake has the job of a lifetime. As a cutting-edge geneticist at AFIP---the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C.---Alex is charged with using her research into the genetics of viruses to find a vaccine against bioterrorism. The AFIP contains the pathology lab for the Department of Defense, manages the DOD blood bank, directs research like Alex’s, and fosters the development of inventions to help the nation’s armed forces. But the institute’s new director, James Wiatt, wants to turn the AFIP into a mini FBI by directing its resources toward crime solving---an effort to rival the Bureau’s forensic department. When a series of related murders falls under his jurisdiction, he gets his chance to prove the AFIP can compete with the Bureau.
 Alex is forced to put her research on hold so she can cover forensics on the case, which involves a killer who murders women near military bases across the country and then tattoos their corpses. At first she resents being distracted from her lab work, but as she becomes immersed in the case, studying the forensic evidence, viewing the crime scenes, and piecing together the victims’ last moments, Alex resolves to catch the killer. She knows it’s only a matter of time before he leaves some evidence for Alex to trace back to him. But when another murder strikes closer to home for Alex and her colleagues---and her boyfriend, a congressman from Texas---it will take more than forensic science to keep them safe.
 With its spellbinding mix of suspense, forensics, and romance, Lori Andrews’s debut novel signals the arrival of a powerful new writer on the crime fiction shelf.

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• Editore: Minotaur Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312352700
• ISBN 13: 9780312352707
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280