Toxin (novel)

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Toxin
First edition cover
Author Robin Cook
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Thriller, Novel
Publisher G P Putnam's Sons
Released 31 December 1998
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 357 p. (hardback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-399-14316-5 (hardback edition)

Toxin is the 1998 suspense thriller book written by Robin Cook.

[edit] Plot summary

Dr. Kim Reggis, one of the country's top cardiac surgeons finds himself ill equipped to deal with a medical disaster involving his own daughter, Becky. Recently divorced, he takes his daughter out for a fast food meal, and Becky becomes ill with E. Coli . Soon after, Becky dies after Kim finds out that the specific strain was E. Coli 0157:H7. Half crazed by his daughter's death, Kim tried to find out how and why his daughter got sick. Eventually he finds out, but it cost many peoples lives.

[edit] Characters in "Toxin"

  • Kim Reggis – doctor of medicine, protagonist
  • Becky Reggis – Kim's daughter who dies of E. Coli
Preceded by
Invasion
Robin Cook novels
1998
Succeeded by
Vector