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by Ken Follett (Author)
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (125 customer reviews)

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Identical twins have been the storyteller's friend since Roman times. Master-scribbler Ken Follett does the arrangement one better in his latest yarn, The Third Twin. The heroine, Jeannie Ferrami, is a young professor at Jones Falls University (JFU)(think Johns Hopkins) who is investigating the balance of nature versus nurture in criminality. Driven by a secret from her past, Dr. Ferrami is overjoyed to find that a straight-arrow law student at JFU has an identical twin (raised separately) who is a convicted rapist. She is not overjoyed, however, when that man is arrested for raping her best friend. Surely Mr. Perfect couldn't be guilty--enter the evil masterminds, three Nixon-era compadres who have been toiling for decades to make America safe for racial purity. It's bad enough that one of the conspirators is Dr. Ferrami's boss, but another is eyeing the Oval Office. The young professor has stumbled onto a secret that could ruin them all, and it's only a matter of pages before bad things start to happen to the pair. The shortest distance between two points is a Follett plot. Look elsewhere for subtlety; entertainment, we got. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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After three consecutive historical sagas (A Dangerous Fortune, etc.), Follett returns to the threshold of the 21st century with a provocative, well-paced and sensational biotech-thriller about the genetic manipulation of human embryos. Striving to prove that offspring genetically predisposed toward aggression can learn to sublimate their combative nature through childhood conditioning by socially responsible parents, a feisty and brilliant young university researcher, Jeannie Ferrami, develops software to identify identical twins who have been reared apart. When she stumbles across what seems to be an impossibility?identical twins born to different mothers at separate locations on different dates, Jeannie runs into serious trouble. Pitted against her is, foremost, her own faculty mentor, Berrington Jones, a world-renowned authority on biotechnical engineering. In devious partnership with another scientist and a bigoted U.S. senator with presidential aspirations, Jones is co-founder of Genetico, a small company that pioneered biogenetic research. The trio is now in the final stages of a lucrative friendly buyout by a corporate giant?and they don't take kindly to Jeannie's diggings. Multiples created by genetic manipulation aren't new to thrillers (e.g., Ira Levin's The Boys from Brazil), but Follett puts a clever spin on the concept. And despite entwining outlandish plot strands of biotechnical skullduggery, a neo-Nazi candidate for president, academic politics and corporate greed with a steamy romance between Jeannie and one of the twins, the novel shines with the authenticity that's Follett's trademark as it explores the Internet and the mind-boggling data banks of personal statistics maintained by insurance empires, the Pentagon and the FBI. This isn't Follett's most sophisticated novel?it's heavy on the melodrama and on sexual violence?but its wicked narrative energy and catchy theme will likely propel it quickly onto the charts. Major ad/promo; simultaneous Random House audio and large-print editions; author satellite tour;
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3.0 out of 5 stars SO SO BIO-TECH THRILLER..., Nov 26 2007
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Third Twin (Paperback)
The basic theme of this book has to do with genetic engineering that was secretly conducted many years ago. What initially appears to be a case of twins born to different mothers, turns out to be something else altogether. Genetic researcher, Dr. Jeannie Ferrami, is conducting a study on twins. This brings her into contact with law student, Steve Logan, who is his parents' only child and surprised to have been asked to participate in this study involving twins.

When a heinous crime occurs at the University where Dr. Ferrami works, Steve finds himself accused of the crime, although he claims that is innocent. When DNA results, rather than exonerate him, confirm that he is, indeed, the culprit, he is shocked. The only answer is that he has a secret twin of whom both he and his parents have been unaware.

As Steve and Dr. Ferrami are thrust into this genetic mystery, they find themselves beleaguered by forces that will stop at nothing to prevent them from discovering the secret that has lain dormant from prying eyes for so many years. It is a secret for which those at the pinnacle of power will kill in order to keep it under wraps.

This is a moderately entertaining novel but not one of this author's better efforts. Thematically provocative, it is a fast-paced, though predictable, plot driven book. It fails, however, in its execution, as the characters are unsympathetic and two dimensional, hampered by stilted dialogue that is sometimes laughable.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Three Identical People Are Not Twins!, Jun 2 2004
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This review is from: Third Twin (Paperback)
The Third Twin was a sort of wierd title for this book i thought. Wouldnt three identical people be triplets and not twins? Anyway, the main character is Dr. Ferrami and she is studying nature vs. nurture and how even if twins are seperated at birth they still end up acting, looking, and dressing alike. She finally meets the perfect subject with a twin that is a convicted rapist.
The story uncovers truth about three power hungry individuals and she has the power to stop one of them from getting into power. This book captures you with its story plot and vivid descriptions of their life. The plot takes a twist and keeps you in suspense.
What i liked about this book was the vivid descriptions and the plot twists. This really kept me hooked and made me turn the pages to find out what would happen next. I had totally different views of some of the characters because of the good descriptions of them.
I really hope everyone that reads this book will enjoy it as much as i did.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Save your money., May 6 2004
By Sarah Shafer (Fort Collins, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Third Twin (Paperback)
I haven't read anything else by Ken Follett, and based on this book, I don't plan to. The story line was unbelievable, the plot full of holes, and I didn't care about the characters. Don't waste your money buying this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Jeannie, lose the nose ring!
On one level I enjoyed this book. It was a fun read as a mystery-thriller. But I agree with a number of the criticisms voiced already. Read more
Published on Feb 15 2004 by Suzanne G. Bowles

2.0 out of 5 stars far fetched and predictable !!
That don't impress me much !!

He could have done a better job of researching before writing this book. Jeannie is likable. Read more

Published on Oct 24 2003 by badger203

2.0 out of 5 stars Sharkey
Can't believe this was required reading in a German high school English class. What is that focus?

Sensationalism in pulp. Come on Ken.

Published on Sep 22 2003 by sharkey99

1.0 out of 5 stars Just Awful!
What happened to Ken Follett? His earlier works, such as "The Key to Rebecca" and "Eye of the Needle," were well-crafted thrillers. Read more
Published on Sep 11 2003 by C. C. Justice

2.0 out of 5 stars Very poor job
I have read a few other of Follett's works, and have generally been satisfied with his writing. This book, however, is a major exception. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2003 by Matthew Martens

2.0 out of 5 stars Mildly entertaining despite its flaw
As a suspense novel, this book is fairly entertaining. As a primer on genetics or anything scientific, it is fairly useless and inaccurate. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003 by kireviewer

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring, predictable and full of liberal buzzwords
The Third Twin is the fourth Follett book I've read and it ranks a distant last. In Dangerous Fortune, Night over Water and Pillars of the Earth, Follett takes the reader on a... Read more
Published on Jul 31 2003 by Bill Garrison

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Lecture Me!
I hated this book so much that I ended up underlining (pencil) some portions of the library edition I read. Read more
Published on April 20 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling look at the potential for cloning...
I haven't read a lot of Ken Follet (did read "Eye of the Needle" and the "Key to Rebecca") and enjoyed them both. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2003 by Laurie Fletcher

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I really wanted to like this book. Really.

Unfortunately, I couldn't bring myself to care about the one-dimensional characters. Read more

Published on Jan 1 2003

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