'Poulson is currently unrivalled as a writer of scientific mysteries
combining elements of both the thriller and the whodunnit.' Morning
Star
The atmosphere in the lab is toxic.
It is only a matter of time before there is a flu pandemic with the
potential to kill billions.
Or so wealthy entrepreneur Lyle Lynstrum believes. That is why he is
funding research into transgenics - the mechanism by which viruses can
jump the species barrier - at a high security lab on a tidal island off
the North Devon coast.
A suspiciously rapid turnover of staff has him worried. He sends in
scientist Katie Flanagan as an undercover lab technician. Something is
clearly very wrong, but before Katie can get to the bottom of what is
going on, a colleague is struck down by a mysterious illness.
Has the safety of the facility been compromised, allowing a deadly virus
to escape? Katie begins to suspect that the scientists are as deadly as
the diseases - and that her cover has been blown.
Then the island is cut off by high seas and a terrifying game of
cat-and-mouse begins...
'Nobody writes medical mysteries with more authority than Christine
Poulson.'
PETER LOVESEY, author of Killing with Confetti
'A thrilling, thought-provoking read. A real page-turner.'
KATE ELLIS, author of The Mechanical Devil
'The stakes are high, the suspects are many and the solution is
satisfying. I loved it.'
CATRIONA McPHERSON, author of Strangers at the Gate
