Dead Certain
by C. V. Herst
Published by iUniverse
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Reviewed by Kim Reis
When identical twin, casino employees are found murdered, FBI agent Roland Ingram finds that both women were part of a medical trial for diabetics involving nanotechnology. To help him understand this new technology, Roland recruits Dr. Dani Hunter, a postdoctoral fellow in pharmaceutical development, as his temporary partner.
Hidden agendas abound as the casino tries to hide some shady dealings and a man inside the drug trials uses his position to double deal with the Department of Defense and a foreign power, each with visions of a valuable bio-weapon.
As more deaths are linked with the trial, and a serial killer from the past takes responsibility, the investigation goes in multiple directions looking for the killer.
Herst, despite being a research scientist himself, manages very nicely to mix his technical descriptions with translations in plain English as Dani explains complex information to Roland.
I had a few loose ends still bothering me at the end of the book and a few too many conspiracies were going on to keep them all straight, but I really enjoyed this look into the world of high tech biological research and intrigue.
Armchair Interviews says: Hi-tech and mystery combined.