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Sunday, January 1, 2012

A FIERCE RADIANCE by Lauren Belfer

In the anxious days after Pearl Harbor, talented "Life" magazine reporter Clara Shipley finds herself on top of one of the nation's most important stories--the race to discover penicillin at the Rockefeller Institute. When a researcher at the institute dies under suspicious circumstances, the stakes become starkly clear: a murder has been committed to obtain these lucrative new drugs. With lives and a new love hanging in the balance, Claire will put herself at the center of danger to find a killer--no matter what price she may have to pay.

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3 comments:

Monika said...

This is a great book with amazing insight into the discovery of common antibiotics that we take for granted today. It is crazy to think that people used to die from simple infections. Although this book has an element of mystery, it is much more of a historical drama than a mystery.

Michelle said...

Loved this book. It's hard to imagine a time when it wasn't simple to be treated for an infection. I really enjoyed the story.

Laural said...

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It brought up some interesting ideas about the development of antibiotics.