Finished Tu 1/24/23 (On the day of my colonoscopy)
This is a book that Janny loaned to me several weeks ago.
A small research clinic in NYC seems to have developed a cure for HIV. A conspiracy of government people and a corrupt, right-wing preacher try to suppress this breakthrough. The bible thumping pastor thinks that AIDS is 'God's Will'.
Actually, the conspiracy is to keep secret the fact that they have NOT developed a cure. Kind of a silly resolution, but unexpected.
The night before my colonoscopy I must have read 150 pages waiting for the laxative to take hold.
The pace of the story was electrifying, yet the characters are kind of shallow. This is typical of most of his books.
From the book's page on Amazon:
"They’re one of the country’s most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New York’s hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman. Their family and social connections tie them to the highest echelons of the political, medical, and sports worlds—threads that will tangle them up in one of the most controversial and deadly issues of our time.
In a clinic on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a doctor has dedicated his life to eradicating a divisive and devastating disease. One by one, his patients are getting well. One by one, they’re being targeted by a serial killer. And now Michael has been diagnosed with the disease. There’s only one cure, but many ways to die..."
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