Vector (Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery Book 4) by Robin Cook (Epub)

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From the undisputed master of the medical thriller comes Vector, a riveting thriller by Robin Cook that speculates about the horror of bioterrorism and a deadly virus.

New York cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian immigrant ready to lash out at his adoptive nation, which he believes has denied him the American Dream. As a former technician in the Soviet Union’s biological weapons system, Yuri knows how to wreak havoc in his new home. But before he executes his masterpiece of vengeance, he experiments first on selected targets.

Dr Jack Stapleton begins to witness some unusual cases in his capacity as forensic pathologist in the City medical examiner’s office. A Greek immigrant apparently succumbs to sudden overwhelming pneumonia, while an obese Afro-American woman collapses with acute respiratory distress.

When an unexpected coincidence suggests to Jack that these seemingly unrelated deaths are actually connected murders, his colleagues and superiors remain skeptical. Meanwhile he is taking himself deeper into deadly danger – but can he reach the heart of the puzzle before Davydov and his associates unleash into the streets of New York the ultimate terror: a modern bio-weapon?

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Amazon.com Review Robin Cook’s latest plot–the threat of an anthrax [bacterium] turned loose in a New York government building and in Central Park–is ripped straight from the headlines, and as such it may be charitably described as having a certain lumpish quality in the prose and an overabundance of cuteness in the lead characters. Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, the dueling forensic pathologists who bounced off each other in Cook’s Chromosome 6, collide and combine once again as a mad Russian cabdriver, who used to work in a Moscow bioweapons factory, comes up with a plan to punish America for not welcoming him with open arms. The cabby forms an unlikely alliance with two firemen who happen to be white supremacists; they fund his anthrax research to further their own lunatic schemes. Cook is, as ever, best at creating scenes of perfectly realized medical terror which plug into the paranoia of the moment. But if you want deep characters and sensitive description, read Fay Weldon. –Dick Adler –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Review “[The] King of the Mind-bending Medical Thriller returns with a…killer-poison more dangerous than any before it”. — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly In this age of lethal bioweapons, there’s a frightening logic in the idea that your next breath might kill you. Alas, Cook’s latest, about an impending bioterrorist attack in New York City, is more ho-hum than horrifying. The premise has promise: cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disillusioned Russian immigrant haunted by his involvement in a tragic accidental release of government-produced anthrax that killed hundreds, including his mother. Armed with hatred for America and practical skills in how to build a biochemical weapon, he’s joined forces with Curt Rogers and Steve Henderson of the People’s Aryan Army. This catastrophic coalition aims to attack the Jacob Javits Federal Building and the Upper East Side; but for starters, Davydov tests his weapons on his own much-maligned wife and random, innocent rug merchant Jason Papparis. When medical examiner Jack Stapleton (last seen in Cook’s Chromosome 6) does an autopsy on Papparis, the first of a series of plot-deadening coincidences occursAhe meets Davydov, who just happens to be cruising by to see if Papparis is dead. Too much “just happens” throughout this novel; worse, the investigators maddeningly bumble around obvious clues the reader has long since pieced together. Stapleton just happens to play basketball with the brother of Davydov’s murdered wife; when autopsying the body of Aryan Army informant Brad Cassidy, he has a contrived hunch, and tests the body for anthrax poisoning. The whole plot, including the finale, hinges on happenstance, and Cook seems to know itAhis characters say things like, “What kind of weird coincidence could this be?” Cook’s biotechnology research is rewarding, the pace is as pleasingly hectic as you’d expect from the author of Toxin, etc., and some of the characters are well drawn. But in the end, this potentially spine-tingling premise is undermined by a disappointing plot manifesting authorial machination rather than authentic, character-driven events. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From Library Journal Medical thriller master Cook (Toxin) explores the ramifications of biological weapons as forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton deals with three seemingly unrelated deaths. The first involves a rug importer mysteriously infected with anthrax. The second is a particularly horrific murder of a white supremacist, while the third begins as a routine asthma death that becomes suspicious. Attempting to find the asthma victim’s actual cause of death, Jack races against time when he uncovers a plot masterminded by a neo-Nazi group working with a bitter Russian immigrant to release anthrax spores into New York City. Although some of the plot developments are implausible and some of the characters stereotypical, the chillingly realistic premise combined with Jason Culp’s accurate portrayals of a large cast of characters makes this a compelling tale that will be popular in all fiction collections.ASusan McCaffrey, Haslett H.S., MI Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From Kirkus Reviews 39914471.499 Cook, Robin VECTOR Doctor Cook, King of the Mind-bending Medical Thriller (from Coma to Invasion to Toxin), returns with a swoon-worthy killer-poison more dangerous than any before it.. A vector, as in the title, is a carrier that transmits an infectious agent from one host to another. Back from Chromosome 6 (1997) are Drs. Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, forensic pathologists in the New York Chief Medical Examiner’s office. The first victim to come under their scope is Jason Papparis, a rug dealer who inhaled a fatal dust sent to him in a small boxhow grisly, how amusing, a rug dealer murdered by dust! Also on hand at the morgue is dead and mutilated young skinhead Brad Cassidy, victim of the People’s Aryan Army, which has been recruiting skinheads as shock troops and “tapping into that well of hatred and violence the music has engendered” (in Cookprose, music can engender a well). The pathologists find that Papparis died of anthrax. As it happens, a disaffected Russian, Yuri Davydov, once a low-level worker in a Russian bioweapons lab, has managed to get himself into the US and turn Manhattan cab driver. An anti-Semite, Yuri feels dismissed as a human being by American Zionists and has set up a bioweapons lab in his basement in Brighton Beach, undertaking what he calls Operation Revenge. Meanwhile, he falls in with ex-military noncoms Steve Henderson and Curt Rogers, who are now NYC firemen as well as followers of the People’s Aryan Army. The three hatch a plot to avenge Ruby Ridge by releasing Yuri’s anthrax into the ventilation system of the 40-story Jacob Javits building, while Yuri also really wants to stick it to Manhattan’s Jews by encircling Central Park with a ring of the incredibly infectious toxin. What can a mere pair of pathologists do to stop this crew of nuts? Cook himself believes that a bioterrorist event is, without question, locked into our future. Not really a thought to minimize, as his cautionary tale observes. — Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From AudioFile A white supremacist group and a disenchanted Russian émigré cabbie with a biology background team up to visit bacterial disaster upon New York City. It’s up to forensic pathologists Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery to stop them. Jason Culp is serviceable in propelling the neatly abridged action forward, aided in places by scene-setting music. The cabbie’s Russian accent and Stapleton’s decency and intelligence are more believable than some of the coincidences that make the story work. But in general this is an exciting listen, spiced with Cook’s considerable medical knowledge. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From the Back Cover A disgruntled Russian emigre is poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the American dream. A former technician in the Soviet biological weapons system, he possesses the knowledge to unleash into the streets of New York City the ultimate terror: a modern bioweapon. But before he executes his final act of vengeance, he must first experiment on a few unsuspecting victims…With signature skill, Robin Cook has crafted a page-turning thriller rooted in up-to-the-minute biotechnology. Vector is all-too-plausible fiction at its terrifying best… –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ I liked it all, and it was the cause of staying awake too late. The only downside was realizing it could really happen, but at least we are more aware. Loved the ending though, showing that evil people don’t trust each other. Robin Cook is my favorite author.

⭐ This book helped me realize the ease in which someone or a group could pull of bio-terrorism. It was interesting and I love the relationships in this series.

⭐ Who would have guessed, when during my teen years Laurie Cook’s brother (from “the lake”) would be famous … and I assume name his Medical Examiner character Laurie Montgomery after her? But I love medical thrillers, having been introduced to them by Robin’s first one, Coma.Something about this book was a little spooky, but only in hindsight … it’s about bioterrorists who planned to take out New York with biological weapons. Early in the book Robin had them planning to flee New York by taking the train out of the city, catching it at the World Trade Center station. The book was copyrighter 1999, I believe, 3 years before nine-eleven. That escape route was never mentioned again in the book, they fled by truck, and were double-crossed by the Russian who had prepared the killing agents…too bad that the nine-eleven fanatics were suicide bombers, Robin’s ending was better and a few more terrorists died his way..

⭐ Suspenseful, great story . One thing after the other kept me hanging on to see what was next ..I mean, WOW

⭐ Fast paced, detailed, lots of action. Although one subplot thread was left hanging. It wasn’t too important, but I was curious to where it led.

⭐ Engrossing, like the double cross. The extra info at endshould definitely be read by everyone..this is quite a possibility. Being a medical professional I can tell you it is a plausible situation.

⭐ Based on actual science, this book is a classic mystery by Robin Cook. The characters are described perfectly and the relationships between them are explained very well.

⭐ I chose this book because it was written by Robin Cook who writes interesting medical novels. I would recommend this book to everyone who likes medical thrillers.

⭐ Enjoyed the suspense and the plot

⭐ Love his books, always read them, could’ve wait for the next one to come out. He always right ‘s about events that happened in the medical profession or could happen. He makes your reading experience enjoyable, intense and don’t want to put the book down. Keeps you on your toes. You don’t have to be in the medical profession to understand his writing. I definitely would recommend this book, especially to the die hard Robin Cook Fans.

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