I don't remember reading Robin Cook before. I also didn't realize this was part of a series (well, I suspected it was part of a series as I read, but I didn't know the series name). I would consider reading more books both in this series and by this author based on this book which wove science and suspense into the plot.

It was a little confusing to have Laurie Montgomery and Laura Riley both as characters (and both being doctors). I think the author could have chosen a different first name for the OBGYN.

I guessed the reason behind Laurie's pains long before she even considered it--if I could guess it, why didn't she, as a doctor, also? I understand her "avoidance" issues but still . . .

I also guessed what the MASNP was (in general) even before the author revealed it and before I knew what it stood for--which means I also guessed why the victims were chosen. ( )

Un joven de veintiocho años, que goza de excelente salud, sufre una fractura cuando patina en el parque. Le operan satisfactoriamente, pero a las veinticuatro horas muere sin causa aparente. Poco después, una mujer de treinta y seis años que ha sufrido una intervención sin problemas en los ligamentos de la rodilla fallece en las mismas circunstancias. A partir de entonces, se produce un goteo de muertes inexplicables en el hospital más grande de Nueva York.
La forense Laurie Montgomery, que se encarga de las autopsias, comienza a inquietarse ante estas muertes y anima a su colega y amante Jack Stapleton a investigarlas. Descubren que lo único que los pacientes tenían en común era la empresa de su seguro médico. Una empresa que exige un análisis genético de cada cliente para identificar enfermedades futuras...

like this series ( )

A good medical thriller.

It is part of a series, but it was fine to read as a standalone book.

Sometimes the narrator's female voices where annoying. ( )

I am saddened to say this book wasn't the best. I really enjoy Robin Cook's books but Chromosome 6 was far fetched and this one, Marker, was sadly all too predictable. I'm a little worried about where the series is heading.

Also perplexing is the attitude of the Laurie Montgomery character; she previously had basically had an affair whilst she was with Jack Stapleton, but now in this book she puts the screws on jack for essentially marriage and a child, then when the conversation doesn't go her way she moves out and starts seeing another guy virtually immediately. Then she has the nerve to be upset with Jack when she tells him several weeks later she is pregnant and he asks if she knows who the father is. The Laurie character in this offering quite frankly struck me to be more representative of a teenage girl as opposed to a 43 year old experienced medical professional.

I would also add, what sort of person, even without the extensive medical experience of Laurie Montgomery, would, with the knowledge of their pregnancy, ignore extensive abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding? Hello, you're a doctor Laurie, you of all people should know: It's A Bad Thing.

Things do improve towards the last quarter and the pace quickens but overall I have to say I was a little underwhelmed - it's an alright book but it's not his best offering of Mr Cooks and it makes it difficult to feel any sympathy for Laurie when she behaves so bizarrely. ( )