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The Hunt & The Kill by Holly Watt
Genre: Thriller
Source: Compulsive Readers
Rating: 4/5
Publisher: Raven Books
Amazon, Hive
About The Book
When acclaimed undercover journalist Casey Benedict is asked to interview a young woman with a life-limiting genetic condition, the patient’s doctor alerts her to an alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant infections, tipping her off about a potential new wonder drug. If the rumours are true, this new antibiotic could save millions of lives, but no one seems to know whether the drug even exists.
Then tragedy unexpectedly strikes and Casey begins to suspect a cover-up. But she is not prepared to let the story drop, no matter how much danger she – or those she loves most of all – are put in.
A searing, page-turning, pulse-racing thriller that sees Casey on a hunt around the globe as she pursues a major exposé into pioneering medical research and drugs that could change the world.
My Thoughts
Fiction and reality will mix in this suspenseful story; a read that will make you wonder the real power of viruses and the possible vaccines to survive.
To be a microbiologist was my dream when I was young; bacteria and viruses always interested me, so when I read the plot of this book it was impossible to not want to read it. Even if we are living in a pandemic right now (and try to be brave about the vaccines that we are using) this book shows you a fiction/non-fiction view of the power of the pharmaceuticals and their investigations.
This is a fast paced story, with a strong mind and a pursue for the truth no matter what. Casey Benedict, a journalist that will make you travel around the world for the search of the real truth.
I love stories that are fiction but make you wonder what part of them could be true, because it’s a reality that there’s a rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, and also true that pharmaceuticals are “playing” with all type of dangerous infections. So, if just this part is real, even if this is an action paced story around the world, what more could be real? What parts that the author created hit the jackpot without even knowing? Oh yes, in the pharmaceutical world I am totally in the conspiracy world, they want to make money at all costs, the secretive Elias Bailey will show us how dangerous drugs can be…
This is the third book of the series “Casey Benedict” but you can read it as standalone.
If you are looking for a non-stop action thriller to keep you awake all night, this is your book, I loved it!
Are you ready for “The Hunt and The Kill”?
About The Author
An award-winning investigative journalist, Holly Watt was part of the team who broke the MPs expenses scandal and has also worked on the Panama Papers. She has written for the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian. Her debut novel To The Lions, the first in the Casey Benedict series, won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards., and was a 2019 Thriller of the Year in the Sunday Times, Times and Guardian.
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