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The Silent Assassin by Lori Andrews

The Silent Assassin

(A Dr. Alexandra Blake Novel)

by Lori Andrews

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  • May 2007, 304 pages
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When a John Doe with a bayonet wound in his chest is discovered in a Washington, D.C. alley, geneticist Dr. Alexandra Blake of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology is pulled away from her bioterrorism work to aid in the investigation. Just a little digging reveals a corpse that’s not at all that of the homeless robbery victim it was set up to resemble---and Alex and her colleagues find themselves wrapped up in a complicated mystery of high-stakes international financial intrigue.

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"Starred Review. [An] outstanding follow-up to 2006's Sequence. The tight plot moves toward its explosive conclusion." - PW.

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