Midnight Plague

A heart-pounding tale-part historical suspense, part medical thriller-set in the final months of World War II.In 2004, Gregg Keizer put an unforgettable new spin on the World War II suspense novel with his debut,The Longest Night. Now, withMidnight Plague, Keizer sets the bar even higher with a fresh and thrilling blend of war and medical suspense.As the secret countdown to the Normandy invasion gets under way, a fishing boat runs aground on British shores with a hold full of passengers all dead from a mysterious illness. American doctor Frank Brink, who has been working with the British to develop antibiotics in anticipation of a possible Axis biological attack, is summoned to investigate. Interviewing the one surviving member of the crew, a young Frenchwoman who was working with the Resistance, Brink quickly realizes that someone is testing a biological weapon within the French lines. He suspects that it is the pneumonic plague-a...