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newly divorced surgeon dr. kim regis is determined to remain a good father to his only son selden . on a special night out kim takes seldon to his favorite fast food restaurant for a feast of burgers and fries . but the good time turns to tragedy the young boy becomes gravely ill and dies as a result of poisoning by e. coli . bacteria found in the meat . was seldons death a result of shoddy food handling practices or was it a sophisticated case of product tampering by a rival fast foot giant or a disgruntled employee or perhaps by someone with a score to settle with kim taking a leave from his surgical practice kim devotes his energies to solving the mystery full time . but he immediately hits a brick walls a code of silence more impenetrable than anything he has ever encountered in his medical career . instead of a cold shoulder reception however kim is soon met with a boot and a fist as thugs attempt to quash his inquiry . aided by his ex wife kim pursues a trail of deadly evidence uncovering complicity and guilt stretching from the slaughterhouse floor to the corporate boardroom . racing against time before more are poisoned the two come face to face with the shocking and elusive truth . and in their life and death search for answers they rediscover the reasons they first fell in love . with trademark pulse pounding flair robin cook delivers a cutting edge thriller borrowing from todays fears and tomorrows medical technology .
when his daughter becky becomes ill from bacterial poisoning dr. kim reggis a cardiac surgeon is determined to track down the cause no matter what the cost