Immunity (Dr. Alexandra Blake Novels) [Paperback]

Lori Andrews (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur (September 2, 2008)
• ASIN: B001H86SW8
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Lori Andrews is a law professor, a public interest lawyer and mystery novelist. She's taught at Princeton, written for a television legal drama, and advised governments around the world about emerging technologies. Now she's focusing on how social networks are changing our lives, for good and for ill.

Lori started her consumer activism when she was seven and her Ken doll went bald. Her letter to Mattel got action. She's been fighting for people's rights ever since.

A professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Lori frequently appears on television, including on Oprah, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, and Nightline. The American Bar Association Journal calls her "a lawyer with a literary bent who has the scientific chops to rival any CSI investigator."

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review, September 2, 2008

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Cheryl Koch (CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immunity (Dr. Alexandra Blake Novels) (Hardcover)

DEA Agent Castro Baxter and his partner, Ted are out on a stakeout, when all of a sudden Ted starts having convulsions. Ted's whole body is rapidly swelling. Before Castro can get help Ted dies. Castro's boss thinks Ted died of a drug overdose but Castro believes that's not true. When Dr. Alexandra Blake gets involved, her tests prove Ted didn't die of an overdose but of something more horrifying. Before Alex knows it people all over are dying. It is turning out to be a major outbreak of the dangerous kind. Alex will have to use every part of her knowledge as well as wits about her in order to keep more people from dying. That's the easy part. The obstacle will be staying alive. The people responsible for starting this whole epidemic don't appreciate Alex sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. Will the bad guys end up on top this time or can Alex come out the hero?

Readers who have followed Dr. Alexandra Blake will not be disappointed in Lori Andrew's latest Immunity. The plot for this book was both intriguing and frightening. Intriguing that something like this could happen so easily and frightening for the same fact. For anyone who likes medical thrillers then you will enjoy reading this book. From the first couple of pages till the end, Immunity was first-class. I thought Immunity was a mix between a Tess Gerritsen novel and CSI. Need I say more? Ms. Andrews brings so much intensity with her expertise on genetics and law. See for yourself what I am talking about in Immunity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Crichton, she is not., May 13, 2009

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J. Long "book maven" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immunity (Dr. Alexandra Blake Novels) (Hardcover)

I randomly picked up this book, so I am not familiar with Alexandra Blake's previous adventures, but I was terribly disappointed with this book. The beginning really hooks you, with the DEA and the date rape drug, and then the crazy thing that starts killing people. However, the rest of the action in the book seems almost like an afterthought. The heroine spend most of her time thinking about how much she doesn't know that when something finally does happen (like 300 people dying), you almost miss it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Check the details, please, December 21, 2008

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T. Davis "T.Davis" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immunity (Dr. Alexandra Blake Novels) (Hardcover)

Although the book hooked my interest, incorrect statements made me give up on it about 1/4 of the way into it. For example, concerns about the AFIP being sued by the mother of the dead DEA agent - the government and its agencies have sovereign immunity and cannot be sued. The author, a lawyer, should know that.

Then describing the U.S. Navy's program to identify the remains of drowned SOLDIERS????

While my reading choices may not be at the most exalted literary levels, poor grammar and factual inconsistencies ruin a book for me.