Kristie Cook

"A father who reveals his truth. Twins who take different paths--one light, one dark. Angels who have plans for them both and Demons who do as well. So the Earthly battle for souls ignites ... A tale that is over 2,000 years old, this is the story of the Amadis beginnings."--Page 4 of cover.

A Soul Savers Novella

Genesis

Robin Cook

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of using DNA tracking to catch a killer in Genesis, an unforgettable medical thriller. When the body of social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery’s autopsy table, it appears at first that she was the victim of a tragic drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but outspoken Dr. Aria Nichols, further investigation reveals an alarming discovery. The young woman was ten weeks pregnant when she died, but nobody seems to know who the father was – or whether he holds the key to Kera’s final moments alive. While Laurie faces a personal crisis with the support of her husband, forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton, the impulsive Aria investigates a controversial new technique to progress the case: using DNA databases to track down those who don’t want to be found. Working with experts at a genealogy website based in New York, she plans to trace the foetus’s DNA in the hopes of identifying the mystery father. After Kera’s closest friend is found murdered days later, the need for answers becomes critical. Because someone out there clearly doesn’t want Kera’s secrets to come to light and if Aria gets any closer to the truth, she and Laurie face becoming targets for a ruthless killer.

whoever decided we needed a thriller about medical examiner samira khan and her degenerate husband andrew tate needs to be taken out back and shot between the eyes. repeatedly.


even ignoring the pickme-chauvinist main duo, every aspect of this book is awful. terrible writing. out-of-touch, childish dialogue that reads like a victorian robot attempting to sound like a modern thirty year old and failing miserably. whiny, insufferable characters. aria could have been salvaged, but of course the woman who has the common sense to be wary of the gender that perpetrates 98% of violent crimes is going to be written as an insipid, childish bitch. an obnoxious number of "male brain" and "boys will be boys" phrases are present in the book. and jack stapleton. this grown ass man was screaming and crying about a grown woman saying "fuck," while simultaneously letting his terrorist son beat up schoolmates at the recess yard because boys will be boys. priorities slightly out of whack, don't you think? somebody should have stabbed a fentanyl needle into >his< arm.

New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of harnessing DNA from ancestry websites to catch a killer in this timely and explosive new medical thriller. When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery's autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren't adding up. Kera's family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera worked are insisting the case be shrouded in silence. And although Kera was ten weeks pregnant, nobody seems to know who the father was--or whether he holds the key to Kera's final moments alive. As a medical emergency temporarily sidelines Laurie, impulsive Aria turns to a controversial new technique: using genealogic DNA databases to track down those who don't want to be found. Working with experts at a start-up ancestry website, she plans to trace the fetus's DNA back to likely male relatives in the hopes of identifying the mystery father. But when Kera's closest friend and fellow social worker is murdered, the need for answers becomes even more urgent. Because someone out there clearly doesn't want Kera's secrets to come to light . . . and if Aria gets any closer to the truth, she and Laurie might find themselves a killer's next targets.

Genesis A Soul Savers Novella

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