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The Crime Code [Mass Market Paperback]

Michael Cordy
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1 Mar 2007

The year is 2008. Violent crime has become a global epidemic, nowhere more so than in the United States. Everything from the death penalty to liberal reforms has failed. Nothing has been effective. Until now.

Project Conscience promises to be the solution. It is a bold attempt by a powerful group of scientists, politicians and senior law-enforcement personnel to use gene therapy to treat male criminals and cure violent crime. But among their number are those with a more sinister agenda, who would go further and turn the dream of Project Conscience into the nightmare of Crime Zero.

Luke Decker, a criminal psychologist disillusioned with the growing dependence on genetic science, is on the verge of resigning from the FBI when a death-row killer's whispered revelation threatens everything he believes in and catapults him into the heart of the conspiracy. Decker's only ally is Dr Kathy Kerr, an old flame and ideological adversary, and the geneticist behind the original Project Conscience.

Together they must put aside their differences to fight against a scheme so ruthless in intent and so vast in scope that it will irrevocably change the evolution of mankind itself.

Crime Zero is a terrifyingly credible thriller based on technological developments that are already with us. At its core is the story of one man's desperate fight for self-determination and free will in a world where such qualities are in danger of imminent extinction . . .


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  • Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi (1 Mar 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552155411
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552155410
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 2.5 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 382,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'A stormng, action packed thriller' (The Mirror )

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The heart-stopping thriller from the author of The Messiah Code.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Beware 10 July 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Michael Cordy and his publishers have renamed all his books!! Just be careful when buying a book of his that you don't already own it under it's previous name. He has only published 4 (I think) books.

I have stupidly fallen for this twice now!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but we've seen it before. 2 Jun 2007
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The following review contains minor spoilers for the first bit of the book only.

'The Crime Code' (previously entitled 'Crime Zero' which makes much more sense) is a near-future-sci-fi thriller in the Michael Crichton tradition. It deals with the idea of genetic alteration and also with the potentials of viral vector technology, the basic plot running along the lines of a mysterious combination of the two being used to alter death row inmates at the same time as revolutionary political move in crime prevention coinciding with an election campaign for the first female president of the US, of course there's something very sinister working in the background and it quickly becomes a race against time - sigh - blah blah blah.

You see, this is the problem with this book, it's all so tediously familiar. Cordy seems reasonably capable of writing a sci-fi thriller of this genre and we may see some very good material from him in the future but this isn't it. Far too often when reading this book I found myself thinking "hold on, that's a bit like..." or "He's almost exactly the same as..." and so on; our hero is Will Graham from Red Dragon but not as sympathetic or complex, the presidential candidate is Hilary Clinton, the plot is just about anything written by Michael Crichton, etc.

The other problem here is that this book has a lot of plot twists, not a problem in itself but with the exception of one very interesting twist to do with our hero's background you know them before you read them and they take on more the nature of watching the inevitable Dan Brown plot curve rather than the stunning Jeffery Deaver triple barreled shock reveal.

However, as I said previously, Cordy does write fairly well and does a good job with the pacing of the novel (though he does throw in an entirely pointless epilogue that the ending could have done well without), and though it's hardly original or surprising it is pretty enjoyable for the most part.

So, in conclusion, this is a reasonably well written thriller, but you've read it before and you know what? - It was better the first time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plausible thriller 28 Jan 2013
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Very readable, gripping thriller which I couldn't put down. I have read The Colour of Death, The Lucifer Code and The Messiah Code by Michael Cordy, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed. However, this one has been my favourite so far. I will be reading all the rest!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic. Great stuff once again from Michael Cordy
I type this review really in reply to other reviews. Those giving one or two stars: what book have you read? It wasn't Crime Zero (or The Crime Code as it has been re-entitled). Read more
Published 16 months ago by Peter Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Thriller
A book which is difficult to put down once started. There are many twists and turns right up to the last chapter.

The Crime Code
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by casmackitty
4.0 out of 5 stars the crime code
micheal cordy strikes again -- another of his books that i just could not put down ....... bring on the next book ........... LOL
Published on 12 July 2009 by R. K. Euerby
2.0 out of 5 stars SSDD
SSDD - same stuff, different day. This book is soooo staggeringly similar to his others that I wonder if he actually has any other ideas. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2008 by J. H. Wilson
2.0 out of 5 stars Readable
I liked the first few chapters that started to develop the plot, but unfortunately the book didn't keep the inventiveness of the author and became rather ridiculous. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2007 by R. Streeter
5.0 out of 5 stars Criminally Excellent
What a brilliant book. Really clever premise and convincining science - but still an unputdownnable, page-turning read. Read more
Published on 25 April 2007 by I. Reed
1.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, predictable plot
The book starts off OK, about half way through it gets a bit silly, by the end it's ridiculous. For example, expecting us to believe that two people could have a meeting with a... Read more
Published on 25 April 2007 by M. S. Kiely
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