Death benefit

A chilling thriller from the bestselling author who has sold nearly 600,000 copies in Brazil. In "Benefit in Death," Robin Cook returns with another thrilling story involving unprecedented scientific research and ethical issues in medicine, both subject to the malicious actions of greedy and unscrupulous individuals. Pia Grazdani is a medical student of exceptional intelligence. Working closely with molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman of Columbia University, she works on research to create replacement organs for chronically ill patients, which could revolutionize public health. Through this study, Pia hopes to help millions of people. However, when the laboratory becomes the scene of a tragedy, Pia is forced to interrupt her research and begins to investigate, with the help of a classmate, what caused the disaster in the biosafety lab. Meanwhile, two Wall Street geniuses think they've found another gold mine in the multi-trillion-dollar life insurance industry, and they're focusing all their efforts on manipulating actuarial data and securitizing life insurance policies for the elderly and chronically ill—a potential source of untold fortunes. As Pia and George investigate further, a question begins to haunt them: could someone be using private life insurance information to allow investors to profit from the deaths of others?