Inhuman Acts - (A Letty Duquesne Thriller) by Brooke L French (Paperback)

About the Book

Disease ecologist Letty Duquesne races to find the cause of a deadly human rabies outbreak, but the source is closer than she thinks.

Book Synopsis

A deadly, incurable disease creeps silent through Chattanooga. And its victims aren't random.

When inexplicable human rabies cases appear in Tennessee, disease ecologist Letty Duquesne jumps at the chance to trace the virus back to its source. But the closer Letty gets to finding the outbreak's origin, the further someone will go to stop her.

With an unwanted promotion threatening to take Letty far from the fieldwork she loves, this outbreak feels like her last chance to make a difference. It's not something she can ignore, especially now. The spillover of zoonotic diseases to the human population is on the rise and violent animal attacks-like the one that killed her sister-are becoming all too common.

Something in nature has gone very wrong.

Local authorities would rather she go home, but Letty can track a source animal like no one else. With the help of disgraced detective Andrew Marsh, Letty follows the virus's epidemiological trail. But her every move is watched. And the source animal is closer than she thinks.

Inhuman Acts is a pulse-pounding thriller. Gripping and intricately paced, Brooke L. French's debut novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Review Quotes

BookRaid Bestseller - Thriller

"Inhuman Acts is a timely, taut, edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller." -Joseph Swope, author of Dark Age Monarch

"Meet Letty Duquesne, a resourceful ecological sleuth in the guise of a Kay Scarpetta or Hercule Poirot." -William Lynes, MD, author of Winterbourne

"Rabies. Difficult to diagnose until it is impossible to cure. Few other diseases scare me like rabies, and I've been in healthcare most of my life. In Brooke French's much-too-believable tale, Letty Duquesne, a scientist qualified to investigate two seemingly unrelated cases of rabies, begins to make connections. But no one listens. Until the next death." -Val Conrad, Nurse Practitioner and author of the Julie Madigan Thriller series