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by Franck Thilliez
Syndrome E's Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research center outside Paris. But what first appears to be a vicious animal attack soon proves to be something more sinister. What was Eva secretly researching? Was she tracking three fanatical scientists who control a thirty-thousand-year-old virus with plans to unleash it into the world?
With his unmatched ability to inject cutting-edge science into his novels, Thilliez draws on genetics, paleontology, and the dark side of human nature to create this smart, adrenaline-fueled thriller. Bred to Kill moves from the rain-slicked streets of Paris to the heart of the Alps to the remote Amazon jungle as Lucie and Sharko work to solve the murder - before whoever killed Eva comes for them.
"Starred Review. Aside from the occasional genetics lecture that slows the action, this shines as a thought-provoking, brilliant piece of speculative fiction. Thilliez plumbs humanity's dark side without relying on familiar conventions of plot and character." - Publishers Weekly
"Paleontology has rarely been this exciting." - Kirkus
"This thriller, translated from the French, is in the European manner: thoughtful, intricate, and moving with a slowness that verges at times on the ponderous." - Booklist
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Franck Thilliez is the author of several bestselling novels in his native France, where he lives. Mark Polizzotti has translated more than thirty books and has written for The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
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