Chromosome 6 presents an intriguing point of view from a storytelling front - as well as challenging whether or not a certain front of genetic manipulation should be followed.

The book is a great medical thriller and poses one of the best not only "What if?", but also "Should you if you had the wherewithal to do so?" questions.

After all, if you were able to have a perfect genetic match for any transplant you might need, would you take it? But what if it involved the kind of research that could and would raise eyebrows? Would you use that option then?

Very good reading. ( )

A great idea about cloning and how it goes very wrong. ( )

Note: For the purposes of this review, we will consider plots to be the quantum equivalent of lines or planes; therefore, plots, unlike lines or planes, can be parallel and intersecting at the same time. This is called the “plot-line tunneling effect.”

In this fast-paced medical thriller, Cook develops two parallel and intersecting plots about scientists in Equatorial Guinea who are frantically exploring the ethics of genetic engineering, and medical examiners in New York who are stubbornly (and against all odds) determining the cause of death of a mysterious mobster-corpse. I found Cook’s characters well-developed, his plot original, and his narrative both humorous and suspenseful. Although I am generally not a fan of authors who reuse characters (how often can once-in-a-lifetime adventures happen to one medical examiner?), I loved this book and recommend it to any fan of medical suspense. I also found the genetic science thrillingly believable, considering that I, like one of the main characters, am a molecular biologist. ( )

A Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery novel. This book is about a group of doctors that are genetically growing human organs from monkeys. The plot involves the mob and takes place in NYC and Africa ( the latter is where the transgenetic work is done). The experiments in Africa are out of control and Jack, Laura and friends go there and meet up with facility employees trying to find out what is happening. In the end they release the monkeys from their captivity. ( )

Robin Cook writes a good medical conspiracy book...always makes me nervous about doctors or anything related to the medical field. ( )