London, the epicentre of a global pandemic, is in complete lockdown. The streets are rife with violence and civil unrest. The army is enforcing a strict curfew. No one is safe from the deadly virus that has claimed thousands of victims.
At a construction site for a new emergency hospital, workers find a bag containing the bones of a murdered child. A ruthless killer is on the loose, determined to do whatever it takes to stop the police from identifying the remains.
Detective Inspector Jack MacNeil, counting down his final hours with the Metropolitan Police, must lead the investigation right to the very end. His career is in tatters, his marriage has fallen apart, and the virus is about to hit his own family. What will get him first? The virus or the killers?
Reviews for Lockdown
The virus in the book is far deadlier than Covid-19, but the depiction of a city in lockdown and the author's description of how the disease spreads are frighteningly prescient.
The Guardian
When I wrote Lockdown fifteen years ago, nobody could relate to it. Now, everybody can.
Peter May
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Peter May
(born 1951) is from Glasgow and now lives in France. He has worked as a journalist and television screenwriter, and is now a full-time novelist. He gained international renown for his six-part China Thrillers series, featuring the young Chinese detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. In addition to other successful series, his novels Entry Island (2015), Runaway (2016), Coffin Road (2016) and I'll Keep You Safe (2019) have also been translated into Czech.
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