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Ink and Daggers
Maxim Jakubowski; Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler, Lavie Tidhar, …
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OVER TWENTY CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF
THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski,
delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of
cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of
the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales
will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.
Featuring classic stories from Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves,
Christopher Fowler, Val McDermid, Lavie Tidhar, Chris Simms,
Christine Poulson, James Sallis, Victoria Selman, Conrad Williams,
Stuart Neville, George Pelecanos, Simon Brett, John Lawton, Ken
Bruen, Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Peter Robinson,
Martyn Waites and Kevin Wignall
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...
Midwinter in Antarctica. Six months of darkness are about to begin.
Scientist Katie Flanagan has an undeserved reputation as a
trouble-maker and her career has foundered. When an accident
creates an opening on a remote Antarctic research base she seizes
it, flying in on the last plane before the subzero temperatures
make it impossible to leave. Meanwhile patent lawyer Daniel
Marchmont has been asked to undertake due diligence on a
breakthrough cancer cure. But the key scientist is strangely
elusive and Daniel uncovers a dark secret that leads to Antarctica.
Out on the ice a storm is gathering. As the crew lock down the
station they discover a body and realise that they are trapped with
a killer...
Picking up the primary scent of any investigation, this anthology
of wicked tales paints a chilling portrait of "modus operandi"--the
signature that identifies any repeat offender. In this collection
of villainous narratives, a coroner reveals a body's telltale clues
to his students as he unwittingly dissects his own relationship, a
broken-down driver turns his roadside routine into a quite
different type of pick-up, and two creative-writing tutors discuss
the merits of "hard-boiled" versus "cozy" schools of crime writing
while a murderous student points out that it's really procedure
that counts. From the ex-doctor tenderly administering a final
prescription to his victims to the party of finishing school
debutantes exacting revenge on their lecherous host, these stories
demonstrate that, even with the most despicable of crimes, there is
always methodology within the madness.
A cure for obesity, worth billions. A death in a clinical trial.
When patent lawyer Daniel Marchmont agrees to act for Calliope
Biotech, he doesn't know what he's getting into. The first lawyer
on the case is dead, and vital lab book is missing. Daniel and his
wife Rachel are hoping biotechnology will also provide a cure for
their daughter Chloe, who suffers from a devastating genetic
disorder. Then the unimaginable happens, and they face a moral
dilemma that threatens everything. Meanwhile young researcher Katie
Flanagan suspects something is very wrong in the lab. But knowledge
is dangerous when someone is playing a perilous game...
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