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As Londoners fall seriously ill from a highly contagious virus, TV shopping channel presenter Stevie Flint goes in search of her boyfriend, who has stopped returning her calls.

Apocalyptic thriller by award-winning novelist Louise Welsh.

At the height of a hot London summer, in which people are falling seriously ill from a highly contagious virus, TV shopping channel presenter Stevie Flint goes in search of her boyfriend, who has stopped returning her calls.

Louise Welsh is the author of six highly acclaimed novels including "The Cutting Room" and "The Girl on the Stairs". She is the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday, Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and the City of Glasgow Lord Provost's Award for Literature. In 2007 she was included in Waterstone's list of Twenty-five Authors for the Future.

Reader ..... Nadine Marshall
Abridger ..... Si芒n Preece
Writer ..... Louise Welsh
Producer ..... Kirsteen Cameron.

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Mon 28 Apr 2014 22:45

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Reader Nadine Marshall
Abridger Sian Preece
Author Louise Welsh
Producer Kirsteen Cameron

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