The Venus Conspiracy

Apr 25, 2025 9:11 PM

Author:Michael Cordy

Fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton will love this breath-taking, mesmirising thriller from bestselling author Michael Cordy where even human emotions can be bought and where true love can be faked...

"A taut, gripping thriller" - THE TIMES

"Michael Cordy has given the British thriller a much needed adrenalin injection...Our answer to Michael Crichton" - THE MIRROR

"A well constructed thriller, one that delves right down the line from initial concept, through fast action to explosive finale...A masterclass in how it's done...Sheer entertainment..." - OBSERVER

"A ... fascinating read. Only one word can describe it, incredible. Buy it now." -- ***** Reader review

"A great writer" -- ***** Reader review

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HOW CAN A DRUG THAT MAKES PEOPLE FALL MADLY IN LOVE BE A BAD THING?

So thinks Professor Bacci when he inadvertently unlocks the biochemical key to falling in love, and develops a drug capable of creating emotions indistinguishable from the real thing.

Determined that the world should benefit from his discovery, he seeks funding and business advice from a private Swiss bank, owned by the secretive Kappel family.

Unknown to Bacci, however, Helmut Kappel sees love as a sickness to be exploited, and has his own plan for abusing the drug's power - a cynical nightmare of breathtaking arrogance far removed from Bacci's naive dream of spreading love around the world...

Reviews

A taut, gripping thriller

—— The Times

Jurassic Park meets the quest for the Holy Grail meets Raiders of the Lost Ark

—— Mail on Sunday

Michael Cordy has given the British thriller a much needed adrenalin injection...Our answer to Michael Crichton

—— The Mirror

A well constructed thriller, one that delivers right down the line from initial concept, through fast action to explosive finale...A masterclass in how it's done...Sheer entertainment

—— Observer

Mankell's long, subtle, involving novel could turn you to crime

—— Daily Telegraph

With meticulous attention to historical details... the author lovingly recreates medieval Edinburgh

—— Publisher's Weekly

Every once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, so innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that ... James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged

—— STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series

[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages.

—— DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD

Alex Cross is a legend.

—— HARLAN COBEN

Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.

—— MICHAEL CONNELLY

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

—— NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Patterson is in a class by himself.

—— VANITY FAIR

[Patterson's] books don't pussyfoot around when it comes to the villains. These are bad, bad people ... with a lot of intrigue in high places.

—— AL ROKER, The Today Show

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