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Outbreak

Oct 10, 2024 4:23 PM

Author:Frank Gardner

Outbreak

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***

The explosive new thriller featuring MI6 operative Luke Carlton on his most terrifying mission yet.

Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there's something bad inside.

Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it's too late - she's been contaminated . . .

Within hours, a full-scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio-weapons.

Dispatched to investigate, MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they've been looking in the wrong place all along . . .

Readers are raving about Outbreak

***** 'A fast-paced espionage thriller with a timely premise'

***** 'A sharp and fast-paced thriller'

***** 'A great read for fans old and new'

***** 'One of the best thrillers of 2021'

Reviews

Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.

—— Adam LeBor , FINANCIAL TIMES

Tackles what must now be most governments' worst nightmare: the deliberate generation of a pandemic by bio-terrorists . . . packed with authentic detail, Outbreak is both horrifying and entertaining.

—— Natasha Cooper , LITERARY REVIEW

A gripping zeitgeisty thriller . . . an authentic feel . . . plenty of action . . . a proper page turner.

—— Paul Burke , NB magazine

Compulsively readable.

—— RADIO TIMES

Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers

—— The Times

Praise for A Question of Guilt

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A well-written and intensely thrilling story

—— Tvedestrandsposten, Norway

Horst both knows how to craft a good plot and to make the lines all come together

—— Verdens Gang, Norway

Horst is a craftsman, and at his best a truly masterful writer of crime novels

—— Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway

Jørn Lier Horst is back with one of the best books in the Wisting series

—— Dagsavisen, Norway

A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted'

—— C. J. Sansom, on Death in the East

The Shadows of Men finds the always reliable ... award-winner Abir Mukherjee on fine form, with his quirky detective duo Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee struggling to forestall a religious war in 1920s Calcutta after

—— Financial Times

A gripping story, underpinned by the lovely bromance of the two main characters

—— The Times, *Books of the Year*

This is historical fiction of the highest order, and a crime/spy mystery with everything an aficionado of either could want; but it is perhaps the awful timeless resonance of some pervasive background details that hits hardest

—— Quietus

Mukherjee evokes the chaotic atmosphere of his setting wonderfully, and handles his complex plot expertly. Thought-provoking, immersive and gripping in equal measure, this is top-class writing from start to finish

—— Big Issue

Brilliant storytelling; humour, a bit of history and a decent mystery

—— NB Magazine, *Books of the Year*

Captivating, moving and exciting, this is the latest instalment in an unmissable series billed as historical fiction at its finest

—— Sunday Express, *Summer Reads of 2022*

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