Lawrence De Maria

The Viron Conspiracy: A Jake Scarne Action Thriller - Jake Scarne Thrillers Lawrence De Maria

THE DEATH OF A VISIONARY EXECUTIVE SPARKS A PROBE THAT UNCOVERS A DIABOLICAL INTERNATIONAL PLOT!***A prominent Chicago law firm asks Jake Scarne to look into a murder in Hawaii. The firm's client is the dead executive's widow - a woman who left Scarne at the altar years earlier! Against the backdrop of his own personal turmoil, the dogged private eye is soon enmeshed in a conspiracy fueled by perverted science. And with thousands, perhaps millions, of lives at stake, Scarne learns that he is not the only one tracking biological terrorists.***"IF YOU LIKE HARD-BOILED ACTION, MEMORABLE VILLAINS AND TWISTY PLOTS, THE JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS NEVER DISAPPOINT!" (John Crudele, New York Post); "A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY." (Florida Weekly); "A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE." (Washington Independent Review of Books); "WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL." (Naples Daily News)