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The Maltese Murders
The Maltese Murders
The Maltese Murders
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The Maltese Murders is the third in a trilogy of medical murder mysteries, following on the heels of Murders at Hollings General and Murders at Brent Institute. In addition to main character Dr. David Brooks, the novel features the return of mobster Frankie Brick and Juan Carlos Sultanban, the deposed president of Radonia, South America. Fans will remember David as a part-time physician and not-entirely-hard-boiled detective with brains and sensitivity, a sleuth for the new millennium. Also back are David's petite and spunky fiancée, police detective Kathy Dupre, and sidekick, Musco Diller, a cabdriver with some unexpected sleuthing skills.

Medical, biological and technological research, particularly in the areas of genetic engineering, cloning, supergerms and bioterrorism are turning up some awesome and chilling scenarios for the human race, and forms the background for this latest installment. The action begins when Professor Kater Weld, the Associate Director of Brent Institute of Biotechnology, is found shot to death. Weld has developed a revolutionary new inhaler that reportedly blocks the harmful effects of any germ that might be used in a bioterror attack, even before it is identified. Specifics about the inhaler's formula were to be unveiled by Weld at an Interpol-sponsored summit in Malta.

David investigates this and a succession of other murders related to Brent, the inhaler and the summit. His own life is jeopardized as mobs from four different continents compete for rewards offered by terrorist groups. He is twice ambushed, once in Venice, an episode that results in a gondola chase; the other on a mountainside quarry in Connecticut. During the Malta summit, he must handle the sexual advances of a stunning Interpol official from Amsterdam.

As David confronts issues of bio-farming, eco-sabotage and national security, he is nearly overwhelmed by the scope of what began as a single gang hit in his home town.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 17, 2014
ISBN9781310991929
The Maltese Murders
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Jerry Labriola, M.D.

After his first exposure to forensic medicine while serving in the U.S. Navy, Dr. Jerry Labriola practiced medicine for over 35 years and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School. A Yale graduate and former Chief of Staff at a major teaching hospital, he also served as state senator and ran for governor and the United States Senate.Dr. Labriola is the author of seven mystery novels and coauthor with renowned forensic scientist, Dr. Henry Lee, of four books: Famous Crimes Revisited, Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files, The Budapest Connection and Shocking Cases from Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files — which was just released. In the first two, they examine 12 well-known criminal cases, including Sacco-Vanzetti, Lindbergh, Sam Sheppard, JFK, Vincent Foster, JonBenet Ramsey, O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, and the abduction of Elizabeth Smart. The third, a mystery novel, involves the ever-widening scourge of international white slavery. This most recent book includes the Phil Spector case and Dr. Lee's experiences identifying bodies in the genocide atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia. His latest novel is titled The Strange Death of Napoleon Bonaparte.He writes full-time, is past president of the Connecticut Authors Association, member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Association of Crime Writers.As an author and crime analyst, Dr. Labriola lectures extensively on mystery, forensic science and true crime issues. For the past five years he has been a regular, worldwide lecturer aboard the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria, the Emerald Princess and Norwegian Cruise Line ships.

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