A Lovely Way to Burn
by Louise Welsh
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Pub Date 1 Jan 2015 | Archive Date 21 Jan 2015
John Murray Press | John Murray
Description
*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME*
The first book in the PLAGUE TIMES TRILOGY
It doesn't look like murder in a city full of death . . .
A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals begin to fill with the dead and dying, but Stevie Flint is convinced that the sudden death of her boyfriend Dr Simon Sharkey was not from natural causes. As roads out of London become gridlocked with people fleeing infection, Stevie's search for Simon's killers takes her in the opposite direction, into the depths of the dying city and a race with death.
A LOVELY WAY TO BURN is the first outbreak in the PLAGUE TIMES trilogy. Chilling, tense and completely compelling, it's Louise Welsh writing at the height of her powers.
The first book in the PLAGUE TIMES TRILOGY
It doesn't look like murder in a city full of death . . .
A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals begin to fill with the dead and dying, but Stevie Flint is convinced that the sudden death of her boyfriend Dr Simon Sharkey was not from natural causes. As roads out of London become gridlocked with people fleeing infection, Stevie's search for Simon's killers takes her in the opposite direction, into the depths of the dying city and a race with death.
A LOVELY WAY TO BURN is the first outbreak in the PLAGUE TIMES trilogy. Chilling, tense and completely compelling, it's Louise Welsh writing at the height of her powers.
A Note From the Publisher
Author Bio:
Louise Welsh is the author of five highly acclaimed novels including The Cutting Room and, most recently, The Girl on the Stairs. She has been the recipient of several awards. A Lovely Way to Burn is the first novel in the Plague Times trilogy. Find out more information on Louise's website: www.louisewelsh.com
Louise Welsh is the author of five highly acclaimed novels including The Cutting Room and, most recently, The Girl on the Stairs. She has been the recipient of several awards. A Lovely Way to Burn is the first novel in the Plague Times trilogy. Find out more information on Louise's website: www.louisewelsh.com
Advance Praise
'A THRILLINGLY DYSTOPIAN MYSTERY' - Guardian
‘A Lovely Way to Burn is superb popular fiction - a box-set waiting to happen. Roll on part two’ - Independent on Sunday
‘I was with Louise Welsh's gutsy gripping heroine Stevie Flint every terrifying step of the way’ - Kirsty Wark, author of The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle
'Welsh plays brilliantly on our worst fears, and the pace never lets up. Seriously scary' - The Times
‘This is a novel rich in the kind of iridescent word painting that has long been Welsh's speciality, and the vulnerable, often maladroit Stevie is a wonderful protagonist . . . readers will be impatient for the second in the trilogy’ - Independent
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781848546530 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
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