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Tim Mack is a financial analyst running from a past full of death and drink. But when he leaves the Wall Street rat race hoping to slow down his life in San Diego, he finds that a calm and peaceful existence is just not in the cards. While researching a local biotechnology firm that has just exploded into flames, Tim begins to untangle a lethal web of deceit. A frightening, secret triumvirate of mass murder intricately combines a high-finance broker, a Middle-Eastern terrorist organization, and a dying biotechnology firm willing to do anything to keep afloat. How far will this alliance go? Tim soon finds out that a bug that "makes AIDS look like a hangnail" might only be the beginning. He teams up with Betsy O'Brien, his spunky and beautiful coworker; Joe Mack, his wheelchair-bound brother who's a former DEA agent; and Detective Bob Moore, an aging but tenacious cop in charge of leading the formal, but furtive, investigation. Together, they devise a plan to stop the release of the mutated virus - a plan that brings the lives of Tim, his loved ones, and the rest of the country down to the bare wire.
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"What would happen if a respected American corporation agreed to develop chemical warfare on behalf of an anonymous client who turned out to be enemy terrorists? That's the central question in Morris' second novel, following Man in the Middle [BKL Ap 1 03], which blends high-end finance with international intrigue. At the center of it all is Tim Mack, a trader who left a New York firm to begin ane
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"In his second outing, Morris sticks with the same setup he devised for last year's popular Man in the Middle - innocent financial analyst drawn into his own company's evil web - yet does so with addictive verve. The hero here is Tim Mack, a recent widower whose wife and young son were killed in a car crash in New York City. The tragedy persuaded Mack to leave the pressures of Wall Street and flee
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