PANDEMIC

When a young, seemingly healthy woman collapses suddenly on a New York City subway car and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is chalked up to a virulent strain of influenza. That is, until she ends up on veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton's autopsy table, where Jack discovers some...

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Main Author: Cook, Robin 1940- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York G.P. PUTNAM`S SON 2019
Series:A Novel
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