Syndrome

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A promising research fellow at a think tank in Zurich is thrust into a grisly experiment. A young woman coldly shoots an old man in a wheelchair, while a psychologist grapples with his own silent demons. In this pulse-pounding thriller, Dr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks and is haunted by mysterious memories and phrases in a foreign language he never learned. His life spirals out of control after a patient, plagued by "recovered" memories, commits suicide and her half-sister, Adrienne Cope, blames him. Suddenly targeted by unknown assassins, Duran and Adrienne must flee for their lives. Forced to trust one another, they work together to uncover why one or both of them is marked for death. Beneath the intrigue lies a dark conspiracy that spans the globe and a sinister plot that could alter history. This relentlessly paced thriller reveals a world where nothing is as it seems, trust is elusive, and even one’s own memories are not secure. It is a chillingly conceived novel from a master of suspense.