- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (5 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743220587
- ISBN-13: 978-0743220583
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,241,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Steven Dunbar's latest and most deadly case...When a killer virus appears, there are no obvious connections between the victims. The solution is unbelievable, yet all-too-possible When a traveller dies on a flight back to London from Africa, bleeding profusely, the Ebola virus is blamed. Steven Dunbar of the Sci-Med Directorate investigates and discovers that this outbreak cannot be blamed on Ebola, and that others, completely unrelated to the first victim, are falling ill and dying. Somewhere there is a link. Somehow the wild cards are related. As more and more people fall ill and die throughout the British Isles in the run-up to Christmas, politicians equivocate and scientists attempt to find a seemingly impossible answer. Steven questions his own belief in medicine and in his role as a doctor. Gradually, the truth becomes clearer...it is terrifying and unbelievable.
About the Author
Ken McClure is an award-winning research scientist with the Medical Research Council of Great Britain. His medical thrillers have been translated into twenty-one languages and all are international bestsellers. He lives and works in Edinburgh.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well-wrought and unnerving,
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This review is from: Wildcard (Paperback)
Humphrey James Barclay is onboard a flight from Ndanga to London when he starts bleeding uncontrollably, passing out almost immediately. Among the passengers is Dr Palmer who diagnoses haemorrhagic fever, one of its from being known as Ebola, an extremely contagious disease. Although every precaution is taken after the plane has landed in Heathrow, several passengers, Dr Palmer and a stewardess die a few days later of the same symptoms as Barclay because they had come close to the sick man without any protection. Dr Steven Dunbar, a Sci-Med investigator, is commissioned to investigate the case and when a post-mortem is performed on Barclay's body, a filovirus is discovered as being the cause for his haemorrhagic fever. However, this is surprising because scientists agree on the fact that there is no haemorrhagic fever in Ndanga. Even more surprising is the fact that a young woman, Ann Danby, is found dead in her flat in Manchester, also having succumbed to haemorrhagic fever. As more and more cases are reported with completely unrelated patients throughout the British Isles, a race against time starts for Dr Dunbar and his colleagues to find and eradicate the mysterious disease.An entertaining medical thriller in the same vein as Michael Palmer or Robin Cook.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kept me up half the night!,
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This review is from: Wildcard (Dr Steven Dunbar 3) (Paperback)
I have only one complaint about this book - it has had a detrimental effect on my sleep for the past few nights! I started the book on Sunday, and finished it in the early hours of this (Wednesday) morning. For the first two nights I found it hard to put down - and only the knowledge that I had to be up early for work ensured that the bookmark went in, and the light was turned out. Last night I just HAD to finish it - so I hope my boss understands if my work is a bit erratic today. This was a really good thriller - and keeps up the level of suspense even considering you know from the first chapter that there is medical research malfeasance going on. I've read the first two Steven Dunbar books also - the rats in 'Deception' still give me shivers - and I intend reading the rest of the series (to date) as well. It is a 'medical' thriller but isn't so overtly medical as to deter the non-medically minded reader. Steven Dunbar is an engaging hero - and a dashing romantic one as well! If only my GP were more like him - oh well! I don't know what the literary equivalent of 'vaut le voyage' is - but this book is definitely 'worth the read'.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic read!,
By Tome Keeper (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wildcard (Dr Steven Dunbar 3) (Kindle Edition)
Gripping and well-paced, Wildcard provides everything you could want from a medical thriller. It is well written and a great example of McClure's work.
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