March's Must-Reads: Mystery, Romance, and Thrills Await!
Robin Cook
Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with
introducing the word "medical" to the thriller genre, and
twenty years after the publication of his breakthrough
novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category
he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact
with fantasy to produce a succession of New York Times
bestsellers, including Outbreak (1987),
Mindbend (1988), Mutation (1989), Harmful
Intent (1990), Vital Signs (1991),
Blindsight (1992), Terminal (1993), Fatal
Cure (1994), AcceptableRisk (1995),
Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997) and
Toxin (1998).
In each of his novels, Robin Cook strives to write about
the issues at the forefront of current medical practice.
To date, he has explored issues such as organ donation,
genetic engineering, fertility treatment, in vitro
fertilization, research funding, managed care, drug
research, and organ transplantation. In VECTOR,
Cook explores an issue seemingly ripped from today's
headlines -- bioterrorism.
Cook says he chose to write thrillers because the form
gives him "an opportunity to get the public interested in
things about medicine they didn't seem to know about. I
believe my books are actually teaching people."
Coma was made into a successful feature film, and
Cook's novels have also been made into television
productions. In December 1993, CBS-TV aired "Robin Cook's
Harmful Intent"; in November 1994, NBC-TV aired "Robin
Cook's Mortal Fear"; in May 1995, NBC-TV aired "Robin
Cook's Virus," based on Outbreak; and in February
1996 NBC-TV aired "Robin Cook's Terminal." In addition to
1997's "Robin Cook's Invasion," NBC-TV has two other Cook
novels in production.
Robin Cook is a graduate of Columbia University Medical
School and finished his postgraduate medical training at
Harvard. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts
Eye and Ear Infirmary. He divides his time between homes
in Boston and Florida.
Manner of Death, December 2023
Hardcover / e-Book Night Shift, October 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Night Shift, December 2022
Hardcover / e-Book Viral, July 2022
Hardcover / e-Book Viral, August 2021
Hardcover / e-Book Genesis, December 2019 Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery #12
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Genesis, December 2019
Hardcover / e-Book Pandemic, December 2018
Hardcover / e-Book Charlatans, August 2018
Mass Market Paperback Charlatans, September 2017
Hardcover / e-Book Host, July 2016
Mass Market Paperback Host, November 2015
Hardcover / e-Book Cell, February 2014
Hardcover Death Benefit, August 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Intervention, July 2010
Mass Market Paperback Foreign Body, August 2008
Hardcover Invasion, November 2007
Paperback Crisis, July 2006
Hardcover Marker, June 2006
Paperback (reprint) Seizure, October 2004
Paperback (reprint)