The Third Twin

I have just finished 'The Third Twin' by Ken Follet, Yeah! Ken Follet!!(and i know i should have read it like a zillion years ago!!) Its a quaint little drama book, with a scientific twist, i think this book was Follet's debut at science. Its well written and an easy read too. It talks about, to put it plainly, three greedy friends, scientists, who in the 80's revved by part, quest to 'breed' the perfect american (white, strong, blond haired, blue eyed, good genes, IQ off the charts et al) and part to make a lot of money, of course, clandestinely split an embryo seven times, and plant the eggs into seven reproductively challenged mothers on different days! the latter produce 8 identical twins with the same DNA, unfortunately, these 8 all grow up with an innate blood-thirsty persona, rape, murder, arson etc.

One of the scientists becomes a celebrity professor at a university and unfortunately hires this fiesty spitfire 29 year old junior female professor who does research on identical twins. Unbeknownst to him, she comes across the puzzle of the octuplets! To cut the story short, she ends up playing a Nancy Drew on the scientists and their organization and the rest is history.

Its a fast paced set in one week book that will keep your heart beating till the end. I personally dont think its his best work (Pillars of the Earth would take that accolade for me!!) but its a different twist to Follets writing style. He can easily come off as a Jeffery Archer in this one. Try it for a different Follet twist.