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===From: "Katarina"

Too Many Trees
By Harlan Coben

Ever since a blood test revealed Jen-4 doesn't share DNA with any other Jordan she has been trying to find her own origin. Her mother swears she gave birth to her, but how is that possible when the DNA doesn't match? In her search she discovers there are other women bearing an eerie resemblance to herself; Jens 1 through 3. The clues point to Sweden and a progressive scientist. As she tries to find his hidden research compound she gets lost in the woods. After days without food she stumbles on a cabin. The two men in the cabin claims to be Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

Are the men delusional mental institution escapees? Or has the mad professor actually cloned Holmes and Watson? Will they help her find the professor and solve the mystery of her origin? How many more Jens are there? Will one of them give her the badly needed bone marrow transplant? Will they find their way out of the woods?

'Harlan Coben. He's smart, he's funny, and he has something to say' Michael Connelly

'Set over two continents, this engrossing thriller explores a theme popular in crime fiction: the false goose chase, the many trees obscuring the view of the forest. This is a tense, well written novel with some great wisecracks' The Sunday Times

From rec.arts.mystery:

Warning: Spoilers
I thought the scientist being a plastic surgeon and the upsetting blood test only a hospital error was a huge disappointment after such a riveting book. There's just too much of a coincidence that Jen-4 would bump into those women looking like her right after getting the result of the blood test. And I still think she was a smart enough woman to have checked that there was no mistake made with the blood test before running after all those other clues. To Sweden for heaven's sake. Who goes there?

Katarina