Epidemic!
by Frank G. Slaughter
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Can one girl help others find closure by slipping into the identities of their loved ones? Find out in this riveting sequel to The Remedy and companion to the New York Times bestselling The Treatment and The Program. In a world before The Program... Quinlan McKee has spent her life acting as other people. She was a closer-a person hired to play the role of the recently deceased in order to give their families closure. Through this process, Quinn learned to read people and situations, even show more losing a bit of herself to do so. But she couldn't have guessed how her last case would bring down her entire world. The only person Quinn trusts is Deacon, her best friend and the love of her life. Except Deacon's been keeping secrets of his one, so Quinn must set out alone to find Arthur Pritchard, the doctor who's been trying to control her life. The journey brings Quinn to Arthur's daughter, Virginia, who tells Quinn the truth about Pritchard's motives. The former closer will start to see that she is the first step in fighting an epidemic. But Quinlan doesn't want to be a cure. And with all the lies surrounding her, she realizes she has no one left to rely on but herself-even if she doesn't know who that is anymore. show lessTags
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A rather dated medical thriller from 1961. New York is on the verge of disaster when both bubonic and pneumonic forms of plague break out. Heroic doctors take desperate measures to protect the populace not only from the disease but from unspecified (but obviously communist directed) urban terrorists. There is a love triangle with two of the doctors in love with the same dedicated nurse. Includes some interesting period detail like a beat poet and some bongo drums. The copy I read was an un-proofed OCR’d EPub from OpenLibrary. It is sort like reading something in a partial foreign language but you sort of get used to the “U” instead of the double “ll” and the “h” for the “li” for example. There are some interesting show more readings, however. Like the woman who is offered “a cigarette and a fight” and the man who wants to stop at the Catholic church to “bum a candle” for a saint. show less
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The medical background of Frank Slaughter is evident in much of his work; he received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1930. He uses medical terminology to give his books authenticity. Slaughter began writing as a hobby---first short stories and then novels---and he has also written nonfiction. A fascination with biblical show more stories led him to write The Road to Bithynina (1951), a book about St. Luke, who was also a physician. Slaughter enjoys research and does many revisions of his manuscripts, and his hard work shows in the well-crafted books he produces. Having more than 60 million books in print testifies to Slaughter's long-lasting popularity in America and abroad. (Bowker Author Biography) Frank G. Slaughter, 1908 - 2001 Novelist Frank G. Slaughter was a native of South Carolina, and earned his bachelor's degree from Trinity College (now known as Duke University) at the age of seventeen and attended Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore. In 1935, while a physician at Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Slaughter began to write. His medical background is evident in most of his stories, as he published 62 books while still a praticing physician. His books sold more than 60 million copies, starting with "That None Shall Die" in 1941, to "No Greater Love" published in 1985. Although Slaughter had not been in the best of health, he had been dictating his latest novel into a microscope in his last days. Some of his books also include "Plague Ship", "Surgeon U. S. A.", "The Mapmaker", and "The Scarlet Chord". Slaughter died in his sleep while in his home in Jacksonville on May 17, 2001. He was 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Epidemic!
- Original title
- Epidemic!
- Original publication date
- 1961
- People/Characters
- Eric Stowe; John Newman; Pete Dalton; Seldon Grove; Eve Bronson
- First words
- All the day long, while the Sally Piersol waited in quarantine, Captain Michael Dollard had known he was going to die.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She was fighting tears when she heard Bob's step in the door -- but the smile she offered him glowed with happiness.
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