{"product_id":"9780857308498","title":"A Quiet Contagion","description":"Author: Jane Jesmond\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857308498\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Club\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical lab in Coventry where sixteen-year-old Wilf is working for the summer. A catastrophe that needs to be covered up at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2017. Phiney is shocked by the death of her grandfather, Wilf, who has jumped from a railway bridge at a Coventry station. Journalist Mat Torrington is the only witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeft with a swarm of unanswered questions, Phiney, Mat and Wilf\u0026amp;#x27;s wife, Dora, begin their own enquiries into Wilf\u0026amp;#x27;s death. It is soon clear that these two events, sixty years apart, are connected - and that Wilf is not the only casualty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what is the link? And can they find out before any more lives are lost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Quiet Contagion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a powerfully disquieting mystery for modern times, inspired by the 1957 Coventry polio epidemic and the 1955 Cutter Incident (one of the worst pharmaceutical disasters in US history - which saw thousands of American children mistakenly infected with a live polio vaccine) as well as the more recent global coronavirus pandemic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR JANE JESMOND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;An original voice in crime fiction\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut Adrift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(A Best Crime Novel of 2023)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Jesmond\u0026amp;#x27;s delineation of her characters as people with plausible flaws and hot tempers adds depth and complexity to a story that might wear its sentiments on its sleeves, yet which is trimly steered and freighted with contemporary resonance\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut Adrift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Thriller Book of the Month)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;In an over-saturated market, finding a new voice with something compelling to say in the crime writing field can be difficult. Thankfully there are people out there trying to deliver a twist on the genre, and Jane Jesmond is one of them\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Yorkshire Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut Adrift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814083907742,"sku":"ADS-9780857308498","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857308498.jpg?v=1778334505","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857308498","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}