Lockdown: An incredibly prescient crime thriller from the author of The Lewis Trilogy
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- Synopsis
- 'They said that twenty-five percent of the population would catch the flu. Between seventy and eight percent of them would die. He had been directly exposed to it, and the odds weren't good.'A CITY IN QUARANTINELondon, the epicenter of a global pandemic, is a city in lockdown. Violence and civil disorder simmer. Martial law has been imposed. No-one is safe from the deadly virus that has already claimed thousands of victims. Health and emergency services are overwhelmed.A MURDERED CHILDAt a building site for a temporary hospital, construction workers find a bag containing the rendered bones of a murdered child. A remorseless killer has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified.A POWERFUL CONSPIRACYD.I. Jack MacNeil, counting down the hours on his final day with the Met, is sent to investigate. His career is in ruins, his marriage over and his own family touched by the virus. Sinister forces are tracking his every move, prepared to kill again to conceal the truth. Which will stop him first - the virus or the killers?Written over fifteen years ago, this prescient, suspenseful thriller is set against a backdrop of a capital city in quarantine, and explores human experience in the grip of a killer virus.(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529411706
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781529411690, 9781529411690
- Publisher:
- Quercus
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Peter May
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Peter Forbes
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.