Chromeosome 6

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Macmillan
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint

Description: 461 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. When Notorious Underworld Figure Carlo Franconi Is Gunned Down, His Mafioso Competitors Become Prime Suspects. Suspicions Are Fuelled When Franconi's Body Disappears From The City Morgue Before It Can Be Autopsied-much To The Embarrassment Of The Chief Medical Examniner And The Mayor, But To The Amusement Of Forensic Pathologist Dr. Jack Stapleton.

Publishers Description: A New York Times BestsellerThis harrowing new bestseller by the master of medical thrillers combines the fast action of a nerve-jangling thriller with the medical possibilities that are Robin Cooks trademarks.When a notorious underworld figure, Carlo Franconi, is gunned down, his body is snatched from the city morgue before it can be autopsied. A few days later, a floater appears on Dr. Jack Stapletons autopsy table missing its head, hands, feet and liver. With the help of Dr. Laurie Montgomery, Jack IDs the body as that of Carlo Franconi. Was the triggerman who killed him the same person who later dismembered him? Jack and Lauries search leads them to equatorial Africa where they discover a sinister cabal whose stock-in-trade involves surgical procedures a step beyond current medical technology and a leap beyond accepted medical ethics.

ISBN: 9780333691571