Deadfall: 2 (The Kate Sawyer Medical Thriller)

On the best day of Dr. Rita Davenports life she jumps in front of a speeding London Underground train.The police think suicide.Dr. Davenports team in Portland Oregon thinks otherwise.On the day she died Dr. Davenport presented a paper highlighting a medical breakthrough that would change the treatment of Alzheimers. The breakthrough would undercut the billion-dollar Big Pharma business model taking money from the grant writers researchers doctors and huge pharmaceutical companies who have made their lifes work developing drugs that dont work.To Dr. Davenports team that is motive for murder.They turn to Detective Kate Sawyer one of their own-a participant in their study who is battling her own genetic form of Alzheimers. With her lover Detective Beck Hudson; Dr. Davenports right-hand man Thea Janeway; and Theas romantic nemesis and respected denizen of the Dark Web Carter Livingston Kate gets pulled deeper and deeper into the secret places where those on the fringes of synthetic biology ply their trade...for good and for ill.The killer threatens to kill another of Dr. Davenports study participants unless Kate backs off...and hell keep killing until she stops.With lives in the balance Kate cant stop...not until the last man falls.But who will be next?AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTSAfter making a name for yourself in another genre why switch genres now? My first series featuring Lucky OToole is a light romantic mystery series. At the time my life was pretty dark so I enjoyed the laugh-out-loud snark of Lucky and her pals.But now life is a bit brighter and I find the darker side my love of thrillers calling to me. Ive always loved thrillers especially psychological thrillers medical thrillers women in jeopardy chase books that sort of thing. Fast-paced storylines with deep well-rounded characters-I wanted to add my name to the list of writers who have delved deep into these waters.Youre a lawyer so why the medical tie-in? Ive always been a science geek. When I first went to college medical school was my target. Alas life got in the way but it didnt dim my interest in the field. And today technology is honing a sharp edge in the medical field raising lots of possibilities for cures. But where there is a good use there is also a bad use-the yin and the yang. Nothing ever comes without a price. Great for storytelling.PRAISE FOR THE SERIESFantastic! Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimers who literally cant remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride! - Lisa Gardner #1 New York Times bestselling authorA firecracker of a thriller--with an ingenious premise non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But its the heroine who makes this such a winner--a heart-breakingly damaged loner whos got soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture written all over her. - Hank Phillippi Ryan Anthony Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author In this taut romantic thriller no one is who they seem--least of all Kate Sawyer...Coonts has a sure winner! - Barbara Freethy #1 New York Times bestselling authorI love Kate Sawyer! Deborah Coonts has created an unforgettable character and thrust her into a fascinatingly unique and dangerous situation. I want more!!! - Debra Webb USA Today bestselling author