When a vaccine designed by British scientists becomes contaminated in a freak accident, military leaders decide that it must remain a secret. Twelve years later veterans are dying from a 'Gulf War Syndrome'. Dr George Sebring, the British scientist responsible for the vaccine, has been found murd...
Dr Steven Dunbar works for Sci-Med Inspectorate, a secretive agency that investigates crimes with links to the world of science. He is therefore bemused when the deathbed confession of a convicted psychopath lands on his desk. But it emerges that another man is already serving a life sentence for...
When seven-year-old Amanda Chapman is admitted to hospital with acute renal failure, her parents are in despair. Their hope is renewed when Amanda is accepted for treatment in a pioneering, state-of-the-art dialysis unit in an exclusive private hospital in Glasgow, but behind the lavish hospital ...
When successful neurosurgeon John MacAndrews performs a routine operation to remove a tumor, the patient undergoes a severe personality change post-surgery. Hartman s Tumor is diagnosed, a rare condition which leaves its victims deranged and destined to be confined to mental institutions. There i...
I couldn't wait to get my hands on the newest edition to the Steven Dunbar series by Ken McClure, Lost Causes. We arrive upon a different Dunbar than in the previous instalment, disillusioned, he has quit his job at Sci-Med, and moved in with girlfriend Tally, he's even got rid of the Boxer. It i...
He himself had called them, Mildred being incapable of doing anything other than scream hysterically. Garten’s name and the fact that he was Matthew Glendale’s son in law ensured that the most senior police officers in Skelmore were in attendance, in fact Saracen had noted that officers of junior...
‘Me neither.’‘Must be that good old British wartime spirit you hear so much about,’ she said thoughtfully. ‘Normal rules of social engagement will be suspended for the duration of the hostilities.’‘My regiment marches at dawn,’ said Steven.‘Only this time the war has come to us.’He kissed her hai...
He rested his cheek on the top of her head. 'You're sure you're pleased?' asked Sue, her voice betraying evidence of doubt.'Pleased? How could you think anything else? I'm absolutely delighted! I can't begin to tell you how glad I am,' said Jamieson, letting Sue go and spreading his hands as if a...
He regretted the fact that he couldn’t finally feel good about having paved the way for John Palmer’s release against what had been tremendous odds by any standards, but the things that were coming to light were eclipsing any such feelings with dark foreboding.He had not been looking forward to t...
Leavey just shrugged his shoulders. MacLean looked at his watch and said, ‘We’ve still got thirty minutes. I’ll call her.’ MacLean was convinced that something awful must have happened at home for Tansy to send such a message. Something connected with Carrie was his fearful guess. His fingers fel...
He ascertained that it boasted a hotel, then arranged by phone to have dinner there at eight o’clock. He left his own hotel at six and drove the seven miles over to Stobmor, leaving himself plenty of time to look round. In many ways Stobmor was little different from Achnagelloch, although it did ...
"Will it never let up!" he growled as he opened the curtains to look on wet roofs and whirling chimney pots. "Another wrestling match with the bike." Jenny was about to point out the merits of four wheeled transport but then thought better of it for there was no need, she reasoned. She looked at ...
It was the third time since coming home just after midnight, and now there was nothing left in his stomach to void. All the beer and junk food he’d consumed had been vomited, leaving only the painful spasmodic retching of an abused digestive system, which had to be endured until his body was sati...
Up until then, their thoughts had been solely concerned with escape so it was only now, in the depths of London traffic, that they could relax a little and consider that they had really done it. They had escaped from the clutches of Finbarr Kell. Avedissian looked at Kathleen as they waited at tr...
Strauss insisted that the maximum containment facility in the basement of the building be opened and used for all future work. It was agreed that only Anderson and Myra Freedman would work there, with a supply of lab animals being put in for them. Anderson was depressed at...
He opted instead for a sports jacket and cord trousers, checked shirt and university tie. Casual but acceptably establishment. He parked the car outside the school entrance and walked up the gravel drive past the playing fields where the third year was at rugby practice. Hargreave, the principal ...
He walked back to the main street. The small size of the village meant that it didn’t merit street lighting, something that made it difficult to tell if the east-facing cottage he picked out as Louise’s had blue shutters or not, especially as there were no lights on in the windows. There was no s...
‘Look, Trish, you have to go. There’s nothing wrong with you. Why have you started doing this to me? You’ve always liked school, you know you have.’‘Don’t want to go,’ mumbled her daughter, looking down at the floor.‘Forget the “don’t want to go” nonsense. There has to be a reason. Tell me.’‘Just...
Doing that wasn’t going to solve anything and would just advertise his own involvement in the Blackbridge affair even more. He could certainly gain satisfaction from rattling Levi’s cage until the man admitted that he’d been leaned on but there really wasn’t any doubt about that. The real questio...
It was slightly ajar. ‘Jesus,’ said Cleary as he pushed it fully open and entered. ‘All gone.’ Giles noted that the door lock appeared to be undamaged as he joined Cleary inside. ‘How many?’ he asked. ‘Six,’ said Cleary. ‘Tim told me a couple of weeks ago that the primate house was full.’ There w...
What’s the problem?’ ‘I know we don’t have full diplomatic relations with Iraq these days but foreigners with any kind of diplomatic status are bad news and these two must have some kind of a deal going. I’ve been down that road before. ‘Bastards can do just about anything they like and get away ...