Capture Deadly Exposure (Joanna Blalock #5) Crafted By Leonard Goldberg Conveyed As Physical Book
not retain my attention, Leonard Goldberg has truly created a medical thriller with his novel, “Deadly Exposure”, In this exciting book, we find both medical doctors and scientists working together trying to isolate and identify an ancient bacterium which produces a deadly toxin.
Throw in some murders, and a forensic pathologist, and you get a touch of a crime novel, So what you end up with is a thriller with the combined touch of Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell and Clive Cussler.
Then, Goldberg tops it off with an action filled climatic ending, Uncovering the secrets of a deadly bacteria in an iceberg off the coast Alaska is the mission of forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock and an elite team of scientists and researchers.
When the people aboard the research ship begin to die from unusual causes, Joanna is the only one trained to decode the clues to murder.
Forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock joins a team of security agents and biologists aboard an Alaskan ship after a deadly prehistoric microbe is discovered in an iceberg.
Fifth book featuring the character Joanna Blalock, Titanic meets The Hot Zone, A fast read. Blalock has much less baggage than Kay Scarpetta which makes for a better read, JoAnn BlalockSecond time through this the first was almostyears ago, and not recalled, Part of a series of books featuring forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock, this one finds her working in LA on a baby who died from apparent cholera.
She is whisked away though to join a team called ETOX, a government entity formed to take care of emerging possible extraterrestrial organisms.
A boat was found in the Alaskan sea, with a couple dead, and a baby still alive, It appeared they died almost instantly, They had pickaxes in an iceberg that had shimmery stuff in it, and moored their boat to it.
Inside the cabin, they were apparently melting down the ice in an attempt to get what they thought were rare minerals or ores.
The coastguardsman who found them came back out of the cabin, gasping and wheezing, and died immediately, So the team was formed aboard an enormous ship, retrofitted to hold the iceberg inside a plexiglass shield, and to have labs, etc.
to study it. Joanna is brought in to autopsy the guardsman, and others, including an old flame, to study the organism, if they can find the source of the organism.
They think it is a bacteria, but aren't sure, since they can't grow it out in culture, or produce the toxin from it.
Stymied, things begin to happen people get sick, and others are murdered, And what appeared to be a routine assignment turns into
a deadly game of cat and mouse, as the unthinkable happens.
Interesting strong female character, but not many others are well drawn, as they aren't the focus of the books.
Exciting, but not enough to blow me away, Good medical thriller. It's been a while since I read a good medical mystery, This one was quite enjoyable except for one ridiculous plotline thrown in for, . . I dunno, maybe dramatic measure That really ruined it for me, Want to know what I'm talking about I'll still give itcuz I'm feeling generous, Leonard Goldberg is an American physicist, professor of medicine, and the author of the Joanna Blalock series of medical thrillers.
His novels have been translated into a dozen languages and sold than a million copies worldwide, Leonard Goldberg is himself a consulting physician affiliated with the UCLA Medical Center, where he holds an appointment as Clinical Professor of Medicine.
A sought after expert witness in medical malpractice trials, he is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and rheumatology, and has published over a hundred scientific studies in peer reviewed journals.
Leonard Goldbergs writing career began with a clinical interest in blood disorders, While involved in a research project at UCLA, he encountered a Leonard Goldberg is an American physicist, professor of medicine, and the author of the Joanna Blalock series of medical thrillers.
His novels have been translated into a dozen languages and sold than a million copies worldwide, Leonard Goldberg is himself a consulting physician affiliated with the UCLA Medical Center, where he holds an appointment as Clinical Professor of Medicine.
A sought after expert witness in medical malpractice trials, he is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and rheumatology, and has published over a hundred scientific studies in peer reviewed journals.
Leonard Goldberg's writing career began with a clinical interest in blood disorders, While involved in a research project at UCLA, he encountered a most unusual blood type, The patients red blood cells were O Rh null, indicating they were totally deficient in A, B and Rh factors and could be administered to virtually anyone without fear of a transfusion reaction.
In essence, the patient was the proverbial "universal" blood donor, This finding spurred the idea for a story in which an individual was born without a tissue type, making that persons organs transplantable into anyone without worry of rejection.
His first novel, Transplant, revolved around a young woman who is discovered to be a universal organ donor and is hounded by a wealthy, powerful man in desperate need of a new kidney.
The book quickly went through multiple printings and was optioned by a major Hollywood studio, Dr. Goldberg is a native of Charleston and a long time California resident, He currently divides his time between Los Angeles and an island off the coast of South Carolina, sitelink.