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Publication
Crown (1996), Edition: 1st, 422 pages
Description
Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Using a restricted FBI database, genetic researcher Jeanie Ferrami has located identical twins born to different mothers. Frightened by her bizarre discovery, she is determined to discover the truth at any cost�??until she finds herself at the center of a scandal that could ruin her career. To extricate herself, Jeannie plunges into a maze of hidden evidence. With growing horror, she uncovers a cynical, far-reaching conspiracy involving disturbing genetic experiments and some of the most powerful men in America�??men who will kill to keep their secrets conc
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LibraryThing member edwardsgt
This is an intriguing story, putting forward the proposition of what might happen if human cloning were possible. In this case the result of a secret US military program, which comes to light after a rape, when DNA tests show someone to be guilty who claims he didn't commit the crime.
LibraryThing member cojmezek
A young scientist comes across an unusual phenomenon when she meets two young men who appear to be identical twins. One is a law student, and the other a convicted murderer. Yet they were born on different days, to different mothers, in hospitals hundreds of miles apart. Then her life starts to
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become a shamble, as her reputation is attacked, her job becomes endangered, the "good" twin is accused of a terrible crime he did not commit, and the young woman wonders if she can be sure he is really different from his evil twin brother. Show Less
LibraryThing member wyn
Entertaining read for relaxation, holiday etc. Easy to pick up with plenty of twists and turns albeit there is predictability in the story line.
LibraryThing member SteveRambach
The Third Twin was a good read. The plot kept on moving and it was worth the time to read it.
LibraryThing member lindseyrivers
A scientific thriller that had me in suspense from the minute I opened it.
LibraryThing member Lizard301
This was a delicious novel encompassing some of my favorite genres seamlessly. I found it nearly impossible to put down.
LibraryThing member LBM007
Horrendous and entirely unbelievable execution of an interesting story idea.
LibraryThing member marilynr
A Follett Masterpiece again!
LibraryThing member JackMassa
Another Ken Follett thriller with the usual blend of overstated, oversexed characters, skin-tight prose and intricate, high-wire suspense.
Not as good, in my opinion, as his medieval epics or World War II espionage novels. In this one, the setting is contemporary (1990s) and the subject matter is
Preposterous but enjoyable. Like riding a roller coaster that's failed a few inspections: Great ride; so long as you don't worry what's holding it all up.
Not as good, in my opinion, as his medieval epics or World War II espionage novels. In this one, the setting is contemporary (1990s) and the subject matter is
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genetic engineering. Preposterous but enjoyable. Like riding a roller coaster that's failed a few inspections: Great ride; so long as you don't worry what's holding it all up.
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LibraryThing member Bookmarque
Villains one-dimensional and cartoony. Terrible dialog. Can’t go on.
LibraryThing member waldhaus1
So much has happened in genetics since this book was written that the reader notices many anachronisms. The genome has yet to be sequences and Mail order personal genome sequencing wasn’t even imagined. The movie boys from Brazil about hitler clones was just a couple years earlier. The internet
Follett steps into that era to tell a story of generic manipulation and political chicanery.
I enjoyed the book but perhaps some of the suspense is lost to contemporary knowledge. I enjoyed the read.
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wasn’t available to the public. AOL and Compuserve were online repositories reached by acoustic modems. Smartphones were yet to be imagined. Follett steps into that era to tell a story of generic manipulation and political chicanery.
I enjoyed the book but perhaps some of the suspense is lost to contemporary knowledge. I enjoyed the read.
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LibraryThing member ElizabethCromb
First read in 2013. A great thriller woven around the science of genetics, military and criminal misuse of invitro-fertilisation to breed the perfect "American", "soldier".
Subjects
Original language
English
Original publication date
1996
Physical description
422 p.; 9.75 inches
ISBN
0517702967 / 9780517702963