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Now in Stock – Ready to Ship!
VJ Books has received: Robin Cook – Cure, Jeff Lindsay – Dexter is Delicious, Nancy Grace – Death on the D-List, Brandon Sanderson – The Way of Kings, Alex Dryden – Moscow Sting, Dick Francis – Crossfire, Michael Atkinson – Hemingway Cutthroat, Sara Paretsky – Body Work, Carla Neggers – The Whisper, Jamie Freveletti – Running From The Devil, and Ellen Crosby – Viognier Vendetta.
“Cure” by Robin Cook – Synopsis
With her young son’s potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge-and has Laurie’s colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away.
Markham’s autopsy results are inconclusive, and though it appears he’s been poisoned, toxicology fails to corroborate Laurie’s suspicions. While her coworkers doubt her assassination theory, her determination wins over her husband, fellow medical examiner Jack Stapleton, and together they discover associations to a large pharmaceutical company and several biomedical start-ups dealing with stem-cell research. Laurie and Jack race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage.
ITW presents Thrillerfest July 8-11 – We’ll be there!
Every year,the International Thriller Writers organization has a gala readers/writers event called THRILLERFEST. This year, it is again taking place at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City. Featured guests include David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Robin Cook, Brad Meltzer, and Katherine Neville. Lee Child, Steve Barry, James Rollins, Gayle Lynds, and a host of other thriller luminaries will be there for the entire four days and very accessible. At this year’s THRILLERFEST the ITW will present David Morrell with its prestigious THRILLERMASTER award for his long career in which he devoted himself to extending the idea of what a thriller can be. Previous recipients include Clive Cussler, James Patterson, and Sandra Brown. For details, please go to http://thrillerwriters.org and click on “ThrillerFest.”
John and Virginia from VJ Books are planning on being there!
David Morrell – To Be Honored at Thrillerfest ’09
The July pub date of THE SHIMMER coincides with the International Thriller Writers organization’s annual gala readers/writers conference, THRILLERFEST (July 8-11). This year, it again takes place in New York City, where ITW will present David Morrell with its prestigious THRILLERMASTER award for a lifetime of devoting his career to expanding the idea of what a thriller can be.
Some of the featured special guests include David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Robin Cook, Brad Meltzer, and Katherine Neville. Lee Child, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Gayle Lynds, and a host of other thriller luminaries will be there for the entire 4 days and very accessible. For details, please go to ttp://www.thrillerwriters.org.
See all David Morrell titles at www.vjbooks.com
Michael Palmer – The Second Opinion
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 8 )
In this routine medical thriller from bestseller Palmer (The First Patient), Dr. Thea Sperelakis, an idealist who’s been working for Doctors Without Borders in the Congo, rushes back to Boston after learning her physician father, Petros, an intimidating figure known as the Lion, is close to death, the victim of a hit-and-run. Thea faces one challenge after another, including having to resuscitate Petros when his heart stops beating. Her brilliant if socially challenged older brother, Dimitri, adds to her anxiety with his computer reconstruction of the accident, which indicates the driver struck Petros deliberately. When Thea manages to communicate haltingly with her father, she suspects he’s stumbled on some medical fraud that’s made him the target of those behind the fraud. Aided by the requisite hunky ex-cop turned hospital security guard, Thea doggedly seeks out the truth. Robin Cook fans have seen all this before and in more engaging form. (Feb.)
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