Part of KEY News, book 6
First published 2005
Annabelle Murphy explains deadly diseases to television viewers as medical producer for a top-rated morning news show. She knows botulism, anthrax, smallpox, and plague inside and out. When a KEY News coworker dies showing symptoms that match anthrax exposure, Annabelle recognizes the danger immediately. Panic spreads through the Broadcast Center as more deaths follow. Her colleagues turn to Annabelle for reassurance about the medical crisis unfolding around them. She struggles to offer comfort because the pattern of infections points to something far worse than natural outbreak. Someone is committing murder using biological agents. Authorities seal the building with everyone trapped inside. The killer remains among them, identity unknown. Neither potential victims nor the murderer can leave the locked-down facility. Annabelle must use her medical knowledge to survive a deadly game where her expertise makes her both valuable ally and dangerous target.
Genres: medical, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-allies, trapped
Setting: Broadcast Center, Key News
Period: contemporary
352 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Content warnings: death, murder, violence