The release date for the English version of 'Lockdown' by
Peter May is Mar 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This foreshadowing, gripping thriller, which was written more than fifteen years ago, examines what it's like to be a human being in the grip of a deadly virus while taking place in a capital city under quarantine.
Twenty-five percent of people were predicted to contract the flu. Of them, seventy to eighty percent would perish. The chances weren't good because he had been exposed to it firsthand.
A QUARANTINE CITY
Locked down, London is the hub of a worldwide pandemic. Civil unrest and violence are simmering. There is now martial law in effect. The lethal virus that has already killed thousands of people still poses a threat to everyone. Emergency and health services are overburdened.
A KIDDIE MURDERED
Construction workers discover a bag containing the rendered bones of a murdered child at a temporary hospital construction site. A merciless murderer has been let loose throughout the city, and it is his goal to do everything it takes to keep the bones from being recognized.
AN INEFFECTIVE CONSPIRACY
D.I. Jack MacNeil is dispatched to look into the matter as he counts down the hours on his last day with the Met. His marriage is broken, his job is in ruins, and the virus has affected his own family. He is being followed by evil forces who are ready to kill him again in order to hide the truth. Which of the killers or the virus will stop him first?