{"product_id":"an-air-that-kills-9781782642848","title":"An Air That Kills","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poulson is currently unrivalled as a writer of scientific mysteries combining elements of both the thriller and the whodunnit.'\u003c\/b\u003e Morning Star\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe atmosphere in the lab is toxic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is only a matter of time before there is a flu pandemic with the potential to kill billions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHas 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the island is cut off by high seas and a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse begins...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nobody writes medical mysteries with more authority than Christine Poulson.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER LOVESEY, author of Killing with Confetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling, thought-provoking read. A real page-turner.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATE ELLIS, author of The Mechanical Devil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The stakes are high, the suspects are many and the solution is satisfying. I loved it.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCATRIONA McPHERSON, author of Strangers at the Gate\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christine Poulson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291175792891,"sku":"9781782642848","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8ec64a7d-5779-4358-982b-7f5b2ab4b12c.jpg?v=1773771039","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/an-air-that-kills-9781782642848","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}