The Carolina Variant - by Brooke L French (Paperback)

About the Book

When attorney Tess Oliver calls a number scrawled on a defendant's encoded document, a pilot answers from a downed plane. A deadly virus seeps from his cargo, and Tess's document may be the key to stopping the outbreak's spread.

Book Synopsis

Tess Oliver's memory is a killer.

When the lead that could save her law practice is destroyed in a suspicious fire, only her recollection of it remains. Tess can relive memories, but her gift comes at a cost. The last time she used it, she nearly died.

This time, she only takes a peek. A single moment spent in her memory of the defendant's encoded document gives her a brutal migraine and a phone number.

Luke Broussard answers her call from the wreckage of a downed plane. His charter passenger is dead. A mutated virus seeps from the man's broken cargo. And when rescuers take Luke to an Atlanta hospital, the virus comes with him.

Tess follows her lead to Luke and finds an instant connection. As they run from a psychopath who'll stop at nothing to retrieve the document, the city falls apart around them. The code hidden in Tess's mind may be the only thing that can keep the outbreak contained, but using her gift to decipher it could kill her. If the virus - or whoever engineered it - doesn't get to her first.

Review Quotes

"Be prepared to cancel all of your plans and read this in one sitting. I couldn't put it down." -Ellie Hawley, NetGalley Reviewer

"The Carolina Variant is a taut thriller that terrifies with a too-damned-frighteningly plausible story about what happens when a deadly virus escapes. It's the kind of book that makes you afraid to turn the page, but you will. You definitely will." -Christopher Amato, author of Shadow Investigation

"What a ride! The Carolina Variant is Blake Crouch's Upgrade with the pacing of Fox's 24!" -Cam Torrens, author of Stable

"Filled with compelling characters fighting not only for their lives, but humanity itself, you won't be able to put it down." -Jeffrey Jay Levin, author of Watching, Volume 1, The Garden Museum Heist