Spasm

Forensic pathologists and doctors-turned-detectives do battle against epidemics, lethal illness and drug-related deaths, the causes of which are far from natural … You’ll find yourself completely hooked * Daily Mail *Likeable heroes, a compelling medical mystery and growing suspense – the result is a highly entertaining read. Commercial fiction, at its best, is pure entertainment. But Cook, like Michael Crichton, offers readers a smart dissection of contemporary issues that affect us all * USA Today *Praise for Manner of Death: Readers are in competent hands … As he has done in all of his novels, Cook once again rings a warning bell to raise awareness for a new area at risk for potential abuse * New York Journal of Books *Robin Cook virtually invented the medical thriller in the 1970s with Coma * Guardian *

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.