Lethal Genes: A Crime Novel with Catherine Sayler

by Linda Grant

Book Overview

At U.C. Berkeley's plant genetics lab, genetic material is disappearing. Then a staff member disappears, too. Catherine Sayler wonders: Who's experimenting with murder? From the author of Blind Trust,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684826534
• ISBN13: 9780684826530
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Who knew the sex lives of corn could be so interesting?

Like Linda Grant's previous books, this one is fast-paced and sharp with a nice touch of humor. No one seems more surprised than Catherine Saylor, childless career-woman that she is, when her gut reactions to her niece's wild behavior result in far more effective parenting than the girl gets from her own mother.The characters, even while most are involved in the same line of work, are carefully delineated. There's enough information about genetic research to indicate Grant's really done her homework, enough to help readers understand the issues behind the crimes without drifting off. The tense atmosphere of academic competition is convincing, and the murderer's not easy to spot.