===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
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