These 2 authors have collaborated previously on 2 books, although this is the first that I've read. 'All Fall Down' reads as though it's been written as a film script. Clever female scientist, with a troubled past, has only a few days to save the world and does it with only hours to spare and with the help of her slightly less clever, but equally committed, partner. You know the style.
Kate Maddox is trying to lead a normal, quiet, life after being involved in something nefarious (in the previous book). However, a deadly virus is spreading rapidly through California and someone is determined to prevent the world's top virologists from finding a way to stop it. A bomb rips through the hotel where they're all assembled for a conference, killing them all.
Shuttled across the world, Kate and her partner, Paul, are separated but pursue a resolution to the crisis in their different ways. Kate's young son is also in danger but he, too, becomes an unwitting part of the eventual saving of civilisation.
Did I enjoy this book? In a way, yes, I suppose I did. It's a combination of detective story, thriller, drama and the love that drives people to try that bit harder. However, I'm a bit cynical about 'saving the world in a few days' stories - they always seem so unlikely. Or is this just because we, as the general public, are never told how close we come to disaster? Mm.
"All Fall Down' is published by Harper, ISBN978-0-00-7466072-4
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