Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Chromosome 6

Chromosome 6
Chromosome 6
Author: Robin Cook
Mystery/SuspenseLarge Print Edition* A New York Times BestsellerThis harrowing new bestseller by the master of medical thrillers combines the fast action of a nerve-jangling thriller with the medical possibilities that are Robin Cooks trademarks.When a notorious underworld figure, Carlo Franconi, is gunned down, his body is snatched from the cit...  more »
Info icon
ISBN-13: 9780399142079
ISBN-10: 039914207X
Publication Date: 3/17/1997
Pages: 461
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 74

3.6 stars, based on 74 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

Readnmachine avatar reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 1439 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The search for a reliable supply of transplantable organs produces some questionable procedures with unexpected results in this so-so medical thriller. Cook has an intriguing idea here, but the book just isn't very well written.
runcysmom avatar reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 163 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Good story about the ethics of genetic manipulation and the consequences.
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
as always, Robin Cook keeps you in suspense with this medical page turner...
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 55 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Dr. Robin Cook writes another medical thriller about genetic manipulation.
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 209 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
What makes a Robin Cook book so scary is that it unleashes medical horrors that are quite possible. This time he takes on Genetic Manipulation.
Read All 29 Book Reviews of "Chromosome 6"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

familiagarduno avatar reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 164 more book reviews
Cook always does an excellent job of walking you through what should be a difficult to understand situation. Remembering that, just think about the idea of growing donor organs in another host for use when they are matured.....Yep, that's right, this one will keep you turning the pages into the wee hours of the night and you may even skip dinner :)
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 4 more book reviews
one of Robin Cook's BEST!!!!!!
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 20 more book reviews
The harrowing new bestseller from the master of medical thrillers, written with the bold strokes of reality that are RobinCook's trademarks.
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 32 more book reviews
Not a great book. The characters seem thin and none to bright and with the line "omg a hippo" I could no longer take this book serious. The two main female characters may as well be barbie dolls and dont make any sense. They get shot at twice and shrug it off like its nothing but worry that there might be bugs on the ground. If your bored go ahead and read it but dont go out of your way to get this book.
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 593 more book reviews
This is a very good read.
reviewed Chromosome 6 on + 2 more book reviews
In his most prophetic thriller yet, Robin Cook challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning.

In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level. Where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap between man and ape--and forever change the genetic map of our existence...

"Shocking and thought-provoking...Cook's best to date."
--The New York Times


Genres: