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It Kills Slowly ... In an excavation site in Mexico, a team of archeologists uncovers the lost tomb of Montezuma--and a deadly strain of anthrax as ancient as the Biblical plagues. One by one, the team falls violently ill, bleeding from their eyes and ears before succumbing to a slow, painful death. Whatever was buried with the Aztec chief is still active, infectious--and now airborne ... It Spreads Quickly ... In Austin, a young archeologist listens to the dying words of her mentor in Mexico--a warning to quarantine the site before all hell breaks loose. In Atlanta, the CDC's Dr. Mason Williams leads an emergency squad on a life-or-death mission--into the hot zone. At Fort Detrick, an army officer sends a trained team to secure the anthrax--as a biological weapon.
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American by birth, James Thompson is an established author in Finland. His novel, Snow Angels, the first in the Inspector Vaara series, was released in the U.S. by Putnam and marked his entrance into the international crime fiction scene. Booklist named it one of the ten best debut crime novels of 2010, and it was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Strand Critics awards. His second Vaara novel, Lucifer's Tears, released in March, 2011, earned starred reviews from all quarters, and was named one the best novels of the year by Kirkus. The third in the series, Helsinki White, was released on March 15, 2012 to critical acclaim. He is also a reviewer for The New York Journal of Books.Thompson, an American, age forty-seven, has lived in Finland for over a dozen years. He resides in Helsinki with his Finnish wife. He has a Master's degree in English Philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he is fluent. Thompson is represented by Penn Whaling of Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency,. His U.S. publisher is G.P. Putnam's Sons, and at present his works are distributed by a dozen publishers worldwide. International film rights for the first three books in Inspector Vaara series have been optioned. In the past, Thompson has worked as a bartender, bouncer, construction worker, and soldier.www.jamesthompsonauthor.comFacebook: James Thompson authorTwitter: tassu15OrganizationsMystery Writers of AmericaNew York Journal of Books (reviewer)Novelists incorporated NincSisters in CrimeLinks / Social Networkswebsite and blog: www.jamesthompsonauthor.comFacebook: James Thompson authorTwitter: tassu1Amazon author pageCrimespaceGoodreadsLibraryThingLinked inmyspaceShelfari
