A Quiet Contagion

This science crime/mystery novel is told from the perspective of three time frames. The 1957 polio epidemic in Coventry, England with scientists and business interests researching a desperately needed vaccine, a 1977 update on a couple of the original characters and the 2017 dramatic fallout from th......more

"What was better ? Living a lie that hurt no one? Or insisting on a truth that would create huge grief – in every sense of the word?" I wasn't exactly sure what to expect when I started this book, but I was not at all disappointed. This one was filled with tension, action, spine tingling suspense and......more

The book burb sets the scene well and you are straight into the mystery. This book is based on the polio epidemic of the 50s. Told from the pov of phinney with the big secret revealed over different interactions amd timelines I found it an emotional read as the secret is revealed. The fact that the au......more

The book burb sets the scene well and you are straight into the mystery. This book is based on the polio epidemic of the 50s. Told from the pov of phinney with the big secret revealed over different interactions amd timelines I found it an emotional read as the secret is revealed. The fact that the au......more

I'm picky about thrillers and this one had real promise. I loved the premise - a catastrophic event in a small pharmaceutical company producing the polio vaccine in 1957 that had to be covered up at all costs, and the apparent suicide of an elderly man (Wilf) in 2017 who had spent a summer at the co......more