Lockdown
An incredibly prescient crime thriller from the author of The Lewis Trilogy

London is Point Zero of a global Bird-Flu epidemic, constantly under lockdown with armed troops managing the streets of London. As the Government seeks to create extra bed-space in the centre of London by digging up green spaces a child's bones and skull are found dumped in the newly set foundations......more

I’m not sure what possessed me to want to read Lockdown in the middle of lockdown but this is Peter May, so let’s say it’s curiosity rather than madness! This was written in 2005 when H5N1 avian flu posed a threat but was rejected by publishers as unrealistic - little did we know. This is a conspira......more

E Se... Neste thriller presciente, Londres é epicentro duma pandemia devastadora. O confinamento é geral e obrigatório, o comércio está encerrado, a cidade está a saque e anda um assassino à solta... “Prevê-se que 25% da população venha a contrair a doença. Dos contaminados, a percentagem de mortes ir......more

Um livro que se inspirou na pandemia que estamos a viver. Um livro que relaciona uma pandemia com um thriller numa obra de arte inesquecível. Com este livro vivi momentos angustiantes, momentos que me provocaram ansiedade pela semelhança com o presente nos acontecimentos que se passam no decorrer da......more

What if ... In this prescient thriller, London is the epicenter of a devastating pandemic (a lethal flu). Confinement is general and mandatory, business is closed, the city is looted and a murderer is on the loose ... “They said that twenty-five percent of the population would catch the flu. Between s......more