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Spasm

By Robin Cook
Series: Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery
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From the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as they know it. When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position... Read More
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The brand new fast-paced, Jack Stapleton–Laurie Montgomery, medical thriller!

The fast-paced, Jack Stapleton-Laurie Montgomery, medical thriller set in a small upstate New York town where a bio weapon is at the center of multiple murder-suicides among a group of scientists.

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From the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as they know it.

When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position as Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME to get a break from office politics, she and Jack decide to embark on a weekend getaway. The timing couldn't be better when they receive a call from Jack's old peer, Robert Neilson MD, about two strange deaths and their potential association with the upswing in Alzheimer's cases in Essex Falls. Deciding this is just what the doctor ordered, Laurie and Jack agree to help, and head upstate.

But Essex Falls is far from the rural idyllic town of their imagination. It's apparent that most of the residents are earnest in their undying wish to return America back to the 1950s. Robert tells them the deaths are of two troublemakers, known to be white extremists, in their late twenties. Prior to their deaths, their behaviour had been somewhat bizarre, with both complaining of muscle spasms, nausea, and off-the-charts anxiety.

As Jack and Laurie get to work, they are led to believe that a dangerous bioweapon might be at play, which, in the wrong hands, could threaten the lives of the entire town... and maybe all of America.

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    From the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as they know it. When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position as Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME to get a break from office politics,...
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  • Spasm
    From Robin Cook, the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times), fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as they know it. When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position as Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME to get a break from office politics,...
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  • Spasm
    From Robin Cook, the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times), fan favourites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced story about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as they know it. When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position as Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME to get a break from office politics,...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035079193

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 207.0mm

Weight: 246g

Pages: 352

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Robin Cook Series: Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery

About the Author

Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word 'medical' to the thriller genre, and decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal, Contagion, Chromosome 6, Foreign Body, Intervention and Cure.

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