Everyone seemed to like Tom and Judy Gordon, two intelligent, young, and attractive scientists found murdered in their waterfront home. When the Manhattan detective John Corey, recovering from bullet wounds at his uncle's house, is brought to the case, he begins to suspect that the Gordons who had worked on the Plum Island's animal research facility might have been stealing and selling genetically-altered viruses. But to whom? And with what consequences? In this atmospheric novel that melds medical mystery, police investigation, and adventure, DeMille returns to Long Island, N.Y., the setting of his enormously popular THE GOLD COAST.
Wisecracking detectives are nothing new, nor are hard-boiled New York City cops, and Detective John Corey fits many of the stereotypes of each. As the story begins, friends he has made while recuperating from a gunshot wound on Long Island are murdered. Because they were scientists at a high-security government facility, rumors of bioterrorism are widespread. Scott Brick makes a good smart aleck as Corey trades quips with pretty much everyone whose path he crosses. Brick draws out the humor and its subtext of anxiety. While not letting Corey overshadow the other characters, he brings a strong sense of timing to both the humor and the suspense as the clues lead to the murderer. J.E.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
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