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Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret. 1957. 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......

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Jesmond's thriller incorporates a very likeable protagonist and a really twisty plot with a thought-provoking moral dilemma -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
A poignant, heart-rending read -- Woman's Own

It's a tight plot, and the red herrings had me guessing unsuccessfully all the way through as to what happened and who was to blame-just what any thriller writer wants from their reader. A very satisfying read

-- Historical Novel Society

Jesmond ... mines intriguingly a tragic historical episode

-- The Times (Best New Thriller for December)
A well written story, with excellently created characters. This blend of history and contemporary, fact and fiction is original and engrossing * Mature Times *

A Quiet Contagion

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    A Paperback / softback by Jane Jesmond

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      Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/11/2023
      ISBN13: 9780857308498, 978-0857308498
      ISBN10: 0857308491
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret. 1957. 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......

      Trade Review
      Jesmond's thriller incorporates a very likeable protagonist and a really twisty plot with a thought-provoking moral dilemma -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
      A poignant, heart-rending read -- Woman's Own

      It's a tight plot, and the red herrings had me guessing unsuccessfully all the way through as to what happened and who was to blame-just what any thriller writer wants from their reader. A very satisfying read

      -- Historical Novel Society

      Jesmond ... mines intriguingly a tragic historical episode

      -- The Times (Best New Thriller for December)
      A well written story, with excellently created characters. This blend of history and contemporary, fact and fiction is original and engrossing * Mature Times *

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