LETHAL PROFIT

Inspired by the ordered and logical approach of Henning Mankell's heroes, combined with the action of a Harlan Coben thriller and the conspiracy undertones of a Robert Ludlum plot, Alex Blackmore is a major new thriller talent from Great Britain.

From the businesses that profit by selling us health and happiness comes the ultimate cure: a genetically modified plant supplement that can regenerate human cells. Before its launch, Eva Scott travels to Paris on a hunch about her brother’s death and finds herself dangerously compromised by the information he had stumbled across. In the darkest parts of the City of Light Eva Scott searches for her brother's killers. Soon she is caught up in a tangle of deception he left behind, facing violent assault, brutal murders, and deeply embedded corporate corruption. At the heart of it is a dirty biotech company making a lethal profit from compromising human health. And behind that, an organization with a devastating viral blackmail tool. Their targets? Global power, capital, and manipulation. And Eva. Confronting a corporate conspiracy, a bio-weapon developed for deadly profit on an unprecedented scale, and an organization concealed by those with unimaginable power, Eva has the formula to stop the spread of the lethal weapon - - but will she grasp the moment? Alex Blackmore gained an LLB and LPC in Law at Nottingham University and went on to practice as a finance lawyer in the City. After five years in the world of corporate finance and banking, she moved into legal and financial writing and editing before becoming a freelancer full time. She runs a copywriting business and a fashion retail website championing new designers, and lives in North London