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Whiteout

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: Sally Armstrong
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A family Christmas, a blizzard, and a deadly virus let loose. Filled with startling twists, Whiteout is the ultimate knife-edge drama from bestselling author Ken Follett.

A Family Reunited
As a blizzard descends from the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family estate in Scotland. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus.

A Brewing Storm
Several others are interested in his success too: his children, at home for Christmas with their offspring, have their eyes on the money he will make; Toni Gallo, forced to resign from the police department in disgrace, is betting her career on keeping the drug safe; and a local television reporter, determined to move up, has sniffed the story, even if he has to bend the facts to tell it.

A House Under Siege
A sinister gang spots an opportunity to use one of Stanley’s children against him and steal the virus. As everyone takes shelter, it becomes apparent that being inside the house may be more dangerous than the storm outside, especially when a lethal virus might be on the loose . . .

 Espionage Genre Fiction Medical Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Exciting

Critic reviews

This is gasp a minute stuff by a vintage practitioner
Movie-style twists and hairbreadth escapes
Scary . . . provides a rush of fear
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This is the first time Ken Follett hasn't lived up to expectations. amusing enough but no real excitement. just one incident after another.
Sally Armstrong read well enough but what was meant to be exciting sex at the end read like a text book.
definitely average.

comedy of errors

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Ken Follett is a great story teller and master of complex plots, suspense, tension and drama. I could barely put it down. I suspect the central idea came from a real-life incident which happened near me in Salisbury UK.
The narrator is excellent too. Full marks!

Terrific story

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The menace of the criminals was somewhat subdued by the soft voice of the narrator even though their characters were well developed by the story line. Good use of accent brought life to the story.
Quite suspenseful story line throughout which built some degree of frustration in this listener, not dissimilar to real life events! Well done

Interesting plot

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I like Follett’s historical background oks thought I’d try this thriller, but I found it irritating and rather predictable.

Disappointing

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Thoroughly enjoyed this story from start to finish. Ken is a terrific author. Well done.

Very well write and read

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