Death Benefit

In Robin Cook's latest medical thriller, Chasing the Shadow, exceptional medical student Pia Grazdani partners with a renowned scientist at Columbia University to research groundbreaking organ replacement technologies. As tragedy strikes in their biosafety lab, Pia and her classmate George Wilson set out to uncover the truth behind the calamity. Meanwhile, two former Wall Street experts seek to exploit the life insurance industry for profit, raising questions about the manipulation of actuarial data. Together, these parallel stories unravel a web of greed and ethical dilemmas, challenging the boundaries of both science and morality.