1989
The brand-new thriller from the No.1 bestseller
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Publisher Description
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
1989. The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie Burns is a woman on a mission. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable, Allie is determined to investigate and give voice to the silenced.
Elsewhere, a ticking clock begins the countdown to a murder. As Allie begins to connect the dots and edges closer to exposing the truth, it is more shocking than she ever imagined. There's nothing like a killer story, and to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life . . .
The brand-new unmissable, heart-stopping thriller from number one bestseller, Val McDermid
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Praise for the Allie Burns series
'McDermid is at her considerable best' GUARDIAN
'Irresistible' PATRICIA CORNWELL
'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre' PETER JAMES
'Outstanding' SPECTATOR
'Another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI
'Sensational. One of Britain's most accomplished writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'A masterly setter of scene' SCOTSMAN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McDermid's stellar sequel to 2021's 1979 finds Allie Burns, now a seasoned journalist, removed from her investigative post at Glasgow's Clarion by its narcissistic owner to a post in Manchester, England. Resentful, she begins to rethink her future in journalism. After one of her best friends needlessly dies of AIDS, Allie determines to reveal what pharmaceutical companies are withholding from dying patients desperate for a drug that will prevent HIV from turning into AIDS. When Allie hears about labs in East Berlin having success with new drugs, she flies to West Germany to interview a scientist she thinks can help her, Colin Corcoran. Colin gets Allie past the East Berlin checkpoints and into the offices where classified information is stored. The catch is that she must swap identities with Colin's girlfriend so the girlfriend can escape East Berlin. In a heart-pounding episode, Allie is caught by the fearsome Stasi police. McDermid creates a vivid sense of doom in these scenes, which will stun readers. Allie's girlfriend, Rona, introduced in 1979, has grown into a marvelous character now integral to this powerful, addictive series. McDermid is writing at the top of her game.
Customer Reviews
Allie Burns no 2
It’s 1989 and in quick succession Allie Burns has reported on the aftermath of Lockerbie, Kegworth and Hillsborough. No wonder she is beginning to feel burnt out, and not really delivering on her love for investigative reporting.
She has found an angle on HIV/AIDS in Edinburgh, and linked that to drugs trials in Eastern Europe where safety standards appear loose.
This takes her to Berlin, and being detained by the Stasi, before her proprietor negotiates her release.
Meanwhile, Ace Lockhart - the proprietor- is not all he seems and claims to be, a survivor of massacre of Jews in Eastern Poland.
Gripping drama, easily read.