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Plague (Paperback)
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Plague (Paperback)
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There are many ways to die. Plague is just one of them. Work on a
London tube line is halted by the discovery of an ancient plague
pit and, within it, a very recent corpse. A day later another body
is found, killed in the same way, also in a plague pit. This victim
is linked to the Palace of Westminster, where rumours swirl around
the Prime Minister and his rivals. As the number of deaths climbs,
the media stokes fear. Government assurances are disbelieved.
Everyone feels threatened. This has to be resolved and fast. The
Westminster connection enables Detective Inspector Andrew Rowlands,
working alone on a series of rapes and murders of vulnerable young
people in central London, to finally persuade his superiors that
there is a pattern. He is assigned to lead the case. Cassandra
Fortune, a disgraced civil servant, is given the uncomfortable task
of investigating the investigation, while joining forces with
Rowlands to find the killers before Parliament rises for recess.
Together they navigate the arcane world of the Palace of
Westminster as the body count grows. But someone is leaking
important details about the case to the press and the media
ratchets up the pressure. Misinformation and malice online feeds
distrust and panic and the Black Death begins to stalk the streets
of London once again. Meanwhile the commercial and political world
focuses on the launch of a huge government Thames-side building
programme worth billions. Powerful forces, in Parliament and the
City, are competing for its spoils. How, if at all, does this link
with the killings? Drawn into the melee, Cassandra Fortune finds
herself the object of the attentions of one of the major players,
wealthy City broker, Lawrence Delahaye. The attraction is mutual.
Fortune and Rowlands discover a shadowy underground network of
influence and power as they race against the clock to prevent the
death of more innocents and the destruction of the Mother of
Parliaments itself. Cassandra will be forced to make a terrible
decision as she faces ruin. Time is running out and it's not clear
what, or who, is going to survive.
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