Toxin (novel)

Toxin (novel)

infobox Book |
name = Toxin
title_orig =
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Robin Cook
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Thriller, Novel
publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons
release_date = 31 December 1998
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 357 pp (hardback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-399-14316-5 (hardback edition)
preceded_by = Invasion
followed_by = Vector

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

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 . 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.

Characters in "Toxin"

*Kim Reggis – doctor of medicine, protagonist
*Becky Reggis – Kim's daughter who dies of E. Coli
*Tracy Reggis – Kim's former husband
*Kelly Andrson - News Reporter
*Marsha Baldwin – A health inspector that works at mercer meats


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