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Robin Cook's 1988 medical thriller in which a medical examiner discovers a pattern of suspicious deaths among healthy young professionals linked to a genetics researcher.
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When was Robin Cook's Mortal Fear published?
Mortal Fear is generally cataloged as a 1988 Robin Cook novel, while many publisher pages show 1989 for paperback or reissue editions. The work is associated with G. P. Putnam's Sons and has 364 to 368 pages depending on edition. [Open Library record](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17541191M/Mortal_fear)
Who investigates the deaths in Mortal Fear?
The central investigator is Dr. Jason Howard, an internist at the fictional Good Health Plan Clinic. He is not a medical examiner, so that label should not be used as the main character description. [Encyclopedia.com summary](https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/cook-robin-1940)
What starts the medical mystery in Mortal Fear?
Biomedical geneticist Alvin Hayes dies just after beginning to tell Jason Howard about a medical breakthrough. Jason then connects Hayes's research with unusual deaths and questions about aging and medical research. [Encyclopedia.com summary](https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/cook-robin-1940)
Which Robin Cook novels come before and after Mortal Fear?
In the chronology used for Cook's medical thrillers, Mortal Fear follows Outbreak and comes before Mutation. Outbreak was published in 1987, while Mutation followed in 1989. [Robin Cook bibliography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Fear_(Cook_novel))
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