MixedThe Associated PressThe familiar protagonists of Cook’s OCME series appear in Genesis, but they are mired in family problems, so they do little to make the novel suspenseful. Scaring his readers silly isn’t what Cook is aiming at. With his thrillers, he clearly hopes to educate the public about a major scientific topic of the day. With Genesis, he successfully sheds light on genetic genealogy and some privacy concerns involving its ever-expanding DNA databases.
