Book Review: Limited Time

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Limited Time     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Robert Greer
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Medical   Thriller
Series: C. J. Flyod
Mysterious, Jan 2000, $23.95, 338 pp.

World-class swimmer Leah Tanner attends the University of Colorado. She is considered a strong contender to make the American Olympic team. At the U.S. trials, Leah figures that winning her race will automatically provide her a spot on the team that will compete in Australia. However, she does suffer from some back spasms, but she is not too worry since her coach told her that it is nothing. Leah smashes the NCAA record for her event, but dies minutes after winning her race.

The autopsy reveals many nodules in the brain. At the U of C’s Health Science Center, Dr. Neil Cardashan works on a research project centering on an enzyme that controls life spans. However, a colleague accuses Neil of faking his test results. Shortly thereafter, Neil is killed. The autopsy matches the results found in Leah’s death. Dr. Henry Bales, chair of pathology, thinks there is a link between the two dead people. He also believes that they are murder victims and did not die of natural causes. He decides to learn more about Cardashan’s research and who is backing the scientist. He enlists CJ Floyd to find answers, but neither person is aware that an unknown foe will do anything including murder to achieve his goals.

Although the medical jargon is a bit difficult to grasp without a scientific background, LIMITED TIME remains a frightening chiller. The story line evolves around the dangers of tampering with DNA in an uncontrolled environment. Robert Greer makes believers out of his audience that this could happen in real life. Fans of medical thrillers will want to lose no time in reading this cutting edge novel.

Harriet Klausner

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