Toxin (novel)
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| Toxin | |
First edition cover |
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| Author | Robin Cook |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller, Novel |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Publication 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.
[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
- Tracy Reggis – Kim's former wife
- Marsha Baldwin – A health inspector that works at mercer meats

