Crime and Thrillers
Double Blind - Of Medicine and Malice, a thriller set in the controversial pharmaceutical industry, is a story fuelled by rivalry, love, intrigue and action.
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Double Blind - Of Medicine and Malice, a thriller set in the controversial pharmaceutical industry, is a story fuelled by rivalry, love, intrigue and action.
Dr Paul Beresford finds himself embroiled in a perilous conflict with the Honourable Sean St Ledger. Their bitter feud stems from their schooldays and is further fuelled by Jill Collins, a beautiful and talented solicitor close to both men, whose fate impacts their actions.
Intrigue and menace intermingle like a strand of DNA as Paul and the ambitious Dr Melissa James race against time to rescue the development of a breakthrough new drug to treat breast cancer. In the pharmaceutical industry, the stakes are high. Higher still when drug trials begin to fail. Paul and Melissa are tasked with solving the mystery.
Travelling between the UK, Hong Kong and St Petersburg, Paul and Melissa are drawn into dangerous situations and a web of secrets, suspicion, and revenge. In their pursuit of the truth, they stumble on a plot staggering in its audacity.
Paul is determined to save the drug trials, develop the medicine to save lives and protect his company from falling into the wrong hands. Can he succeed?
Here's what readers have to say about this book....
The quality of this novel belies the fact that it is the product of an author in his first book. Not only is it well written but it’s fascinating storyline kept me intrigued to the end. Behind the interplay of the central characters, the author provides an experienced insight into the complexities of the Pharma industry and the stringent testing processes to which a new product is subjected prior to its launch. Double Blind is a most enjoyable and meaningful read.
Highly recommend this novel to anybody interested in understanding some of the complexities associated with medical drug approvals. John combined his tremendous pharmaceutical and business experience to produce a compelling crime thriller. I can see this becoming a blockbuster movie!
This is an enthralling novel -- it's a combination of the mystery and thriller genres that becomes a real page-turner as the story progresses. The principal characters and their development are expertly portrayed, and the plot is an ingenious interplay of their relationships and the twists and turns of their lives as research on a life-saving drug goes inexplicably awry. The locations switch among South Africa, the UK, Hong Kong, and Russia, adding an exotic background to the tale. I read this novel at a single sitting on a long-haul plane flight, and I must say I have never enjoyed spending so many hours in a plane so much! An incidental bonus is that the author, who has intimate knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, unobtrusively fills us in on some practices, politics, and secrets of the business, so I learned much from this novel too. This is apparently John Bartlett's first novel. It's a splendid read and I look forward to his next.
If you like intriguing thrillers then this book is for you. Some fascinating characters appear in this very well researched book. The reader is given an insight into the complexities and challenges of the pharmaceutical industry. The writer's craft is demonstrated as the various strands of the story come together in an exciting conclusion. All in all a jolly good read and compliments to this 'first time author'. I hope there will be a sequel.
An excellent story line with credible characters making it a very enjoyable and recommended read.
