No good deed involving pseudo–mass murder and cannibalism goes unpunished. [loc. 2915]
Dr Theo Cray is called in by the FBI to investigate an inexplicable murder, at a site where murdered bodies were buried -- the victims of the villain in Looking Glass, which leads Theo to wonder if there's some connection to his previous case. The apparent perpetrator claims to recall nothing, and all his colleagues insist that the man they knew wasn't a murderer. But there's something weird showing up in his MRI. Theo also realises that there's a mysterious individual visiting murder sites. Could he have a rival -- or a fan?
This novel deals with viruses, which is a little too close to the bone at present. Still, I found Theo's investigations fascinating: and I watched his increasingly extreme, and increasingly macabre, methods with horrified fascination.
Lots of interesting science here, including an explanation of the Viking 'sunstone' (used for navigation in medieval times) and some speculation about the effects of our internal biomes, which made me feel somewhat queasy.
Ends on a fairly major cliffhanger, so I needed to read the fourth and final in the series ...
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