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Plum Islandby DEMILLE NELSON
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Book DescriptionWarner Books, 1998. Paperback,ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a study copy.Ships within 24 hours., 400grams, ISBN:0446605409" . Book summaryA Long Island couple is murdered, alerting police to a black market that traffics in deadly viruses.Media Reviews"Heavy wise cracking keeps the fun flowing as DeMille cranks up a thrilling, entertaining plot." -- Kirkus "'Plum Island' concocts all the traditional elements of the big bestseller in a literary test tube, then trots them out in calculated fashion....a lengthy but fast-paced bit of literary candy...." -- Johathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Publisher NotesPLUM ISLAND begins with a double homicide on Long Island's North Shore. It appears to be a burglary gone wrong. But when NYPD detective John Corey is brought in on the case, he discovers that the victims-a husband and wife-both worked on Plum Island, a government animal disease research center. Corey has heard the troubling speculation, i.e., that the government is also conducting research in biological warfare on the island. Did the Gordons steal and sell a genetically altered virus from the laboratory? If so, who has it now? Is a deadly plague about to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world? Corey races to find out. As he struggles to make the pieces of the puzzle fit together, the murderer kills again... and again. Convalescing from a bullet wound on Long Island, NYPD homicide detective John Corey helps the local sheriff investigate a shooting. The victims are a married couple, both biologists on Plum Island, a top secret animal disease research site. When the media suggests that they stole a deadly virus, suddenly a local murder becomes a crime with worldwide implications in this masterwork of entrancing characters, a killer plot, and brilliant comic touches. Other Recommended Books
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