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Whiteout by Ken Follett
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Whiteout (original 2004; edition 2004)

by Ken Follett (Author)

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." â??The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . .

A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come.
 
As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people, Toni among them, converge on a remote family house. All have something to gain or lose from the drug developed to fight the virus. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparksâ??jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalriesâ??crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge. Filled with startling twists at every turn, Whiteout rockets Follett into a class by
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Title:Whiteout
Authors:Ken Follett (Author)
Info:Dutton Adult (2004), 384 pages
Collections:Your library, Own/Read, Did not finish, Books I got rid of
Rating:*1/2
Tags:Own/Read, Fiction, Mystery, Did Not Finish, Got rid of it

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Whiteout by Ken Follett (2004)

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  davidrgrigg | Mar 23, 2024 |
(2004)Very good thriller about a theft of deadly virus in Scotland that happens to coincide with the worst snow storm in history. This helps the head of security of the facility to track down the thieves and capture them.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
En el blanco
Ken Follettken
Publicado: 2004 | 383 páginas
Novela Aventuras

Oxenford Medical, empresa farmacéutica escocesa dedicada a la investigación de vacunas contra los virus más peligrosos, se dispone a pasar las fiestas navideñas bajo un temporal de nieve. La empresa cuenta con los sistemas más avanzados de seguridad, de modo que, a pesar de algunos sustos, nadie espera ninguna incidencia. También Stanley Oxenford, propietario de la empresa, se dirige a su casa a pasar la noche con sus hijos. Los problemas entre ellos acabarán estallando, pero pronto quedarán olvidados: sin saberlo, todos ellos iban a vivir un infierno.Porque justamente esa noche se produce el robo de un peligrosísimo virus. Los ladrones, sin embargo, quedan atrapados por el temporal. En su errática huida, iban a llegar al peor sitio de todos…
  libreriarofer | Nov 4, 2023 |
Christmas
  GHA.Library | May 4, 2023 |
First edition as new
  dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |
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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." â??The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . .

A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come.
 
As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people, Toni among them, converge on a remote family house. All have something to gain or lose from the drug developed to fight the virus. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparksâ??jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalriesâ??crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge. Filled with startling twists at every turn, Whiteout rockets Follett into a class by

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