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When Silicon Valley filmmaker Bill Damen learns that a guest at his girlfriend's dinner party has died, allegedly of food poisoning, the natural-born PI goes into investigative "stealth mode"; a quick visit to the dead woman's biotech company, LifeScience Molecules, has him convinced he's looking at a coverup, if not downright murder. James Calder follows the determined Bill through state of the art genetics labs and agricultural research departments led by brilliant, ambitious scientists willing to do anything to get to the top in his well-researched and timely debut, Knockout Mouse.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


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This effervescent series debut features Bill Damen, a San Franciscan cameraman who makes his living creating promotional films and documentaries - many in "nearby" Silicon Valley. When an attractive new acquaintance employed there dies of an allergic reaction shortly after eating at Bill's girlfriend's place, Bill feels compelled to investigate. It soon transpires that the victim had crucial information her biotechnology employers will do most anything, including murder, to retrieve. With some telling California backdrops, a few sinister heavies, and solid prose with a memorable kick, this is recommended for both regional and larger public libraries.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811834999
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811834995
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,378,952 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Predictable, August 24, 2002
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I found the story boring and the characters predictable. The main character's motivations were unclear. Even the ending was dull.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Zip Zap Biotech Thriller!, December 5, 2002
By Louis N. Gruber "Author of Jay" (Lexington, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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Bill just wanted to finish work and make it to his girlfriend's dinner party, but one thing happens after another. At the party he meets Sheila, a fascinating woman with a severe allergy to shellfish. Suddenly she isn't feeling well and soon disappears from the party, later to be found dead. Bill and Jenny are drawn into the mystery of her death and Bill soon finds himself conducting his own investigation, in the high-powered world of biotechnology start-up companies, a world of ferocious ambition, greed, and ever shifting loyalties.
It is a dangerous world, and Bill seems to be getting in over his head, but somehow he survives every battle, and manages to pit one greedy and ambitious player against another until the real killer is found.
Author James Calder has done his homework and manages to educate his readers about molecular biology and some of the interesting things being done with genetics these days. He has made such concepts as monoclonal antibodies and transgenic mice understandable even to me--well, almost.
A fast-paced easy-to-read thriller. Its major flaw is that there are too many shallow characters, in too many shallow and shifting relationships, and it is sometimes hard to keep them all straight. If you don't mind that, I think you will like this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A knockout book!, February 6, 2004
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I really loved this book! James Calder is a gifted writer who has created an imaginative, fast-paced, and truly clever mystery that hinges on cutting-edge biotechnology, but that also brings up interesting questions about the world biotech is producing. Bill Damen is a complex mix of macho and sensitive who has an artist's eye for detail, the hutzpah of a curious journalist, and a bulldog's fight and determination. But he also has a fine-tuned sense of how complicated relationships are between people, including himself, and a subterranean ambivalence about what it all means--so fitting for the Bay Area, I think. He's someone I'd like to know. The writing is witty, the story always compelling, and I can't wait to get my hands on the next one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual mystery, great fun to read
I didn't think I'd be able to understand the high tech aspects of Calder's thriller, either the film jargon nor the biotech genetic engineering implications of the shady... Read more
Published on December 6, 2003 by Kevin Killian

4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing and a good read
I won't bother to repeat any of the plot, but just say that this was a fun mystery to read. As a Silicon Valley resident, it was a real treat to read Mr. Read more
Published on August 10, 2002 by Mark E. Davidson

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring it on James Calder!
As a Silicon Valley ex-pat, I was thrilled by this insightful and well researched thriller. Here's a hero that no one can resist. Bill Damen is brilliant. Read more
Published on July 19, 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Silicon Valley Thrills
The setting for this mystery/thriller is the post dot com Silicon Valley. The story centers around the death of young woman who works at a high flying biotechnology company... Read more
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