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A modern, character-driven murder mystery set in the heart of the biotech industry in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the Covid-19 pandemic
Police Detectives Danny Quinn and Joy Seiden are called to investigate the death of Dr. Arthur Rosen, a geneticist who worked for DNA Therapeutics—a biotech company on the cutting edge of CRISPR technology, which is used to find cures for diseases through gene editing. At the time of Dr. Rosen’s death, the company is waiting for approval to start their human clinical trial designed to treat ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. William Martindale, a wealthy entrepreneur, has the hereditary form of ALS. His only chance to avoid the ravages of the disease is to get into the upcoming DNA Therapeutics clinical trial. The investigators are led through a web of legal and biotechnical intrigue against the backdrop of the pandemic and political unrest not only in the US but globally as well. By digging deep into the case and recruiting the assistance of the FBI and an unlikely private investigator, Detectives Quinn and Seiden believe they have finally found justice for Dr. Rosen’s death. But the outcome of their efforts is not at all what they expected…
Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 303 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jul 16, 2023)
ISBN10: 1977264751
ISBN13: 9781977264756
Genre: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Joel Feiss, the author of Retribution for Acts of Terrorism, The Formula, In the Name of Honor, Desert Pawn, Pickup Murder, The Watchlist, and Cable News in the Time of Covid-19, is a practicing gastroenterologist and internist in Plantation, Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida with a BS and an MD degree from the University of Miami Medical School. He currently lives with his wife, Pearl, in Fort Lauderdale. The Clock Is Ticking is a contemporary murder mystery that also explores the potential role of CRISPR technology in the treatment of genetic diseases and its place in the ever-changing biotech industry. 
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