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For generations the Freyls have ruled Springfield, Illinois, capital of a state of great lakes and rivers. Now convicted killer David Marion threatens their invincibility, and he threatens it from within their own ranks.
Water: it's blue gold, and the price on world markets is soaring. When Springfield gets a new mayor, it finds its supply under threat, not only from corporations out for the money but from a disease that appears from nowhere, that nobody can identify and nobody can treat.
None of this interests David Marion until his own past surfaces and he finds himself caught between multinational leviathans at war over America's heartland.
Praise for The Blue Death and Joan Brady
'Thrills and spills…terrifying... compelling…an intelligent, refreshingly different take on the thriller' Observer
'Gripping' The Sun
'There are shades of Chinatown and Bonfire of the Vanities about Brady's third thriller...sharp and fierce and clever, full of horrid little details and appalled by the arrogance of domination and the weakness of submission. Impressive' Guardian
'A truly extraordinary novel with a fascinating mix of ingredients...compulsive' Shotsmag
'A writer of enormous ability and harrowing power' Mail on Sunday
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- English
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The Blue Death
About this book
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- About the author
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- 1. MISSISSIPPI RIVER: The first day in June
- 2. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: The same day, towards evening
- 3. SPRINGFIELD: A heartbeat later
- 4. GILEAD, ILLINOIS: The next day
- 5. SPRINGFIELD: Monday after the reception
- 6. TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS: Friday of that week
- 7. SPRINGFIELD & KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS: Sunday
- 8. SPRINGFIELD: Lunchtime the same day
- 9. SPRINGFIELD: Monday, a week later
- 10. SPRINGFIELD: Ten days later, the last Thursday in June
- 11. KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS: The same day
- 12. SPRINGFIELD: The next day
- 13. SPRINGFIELD: The first Monday in July
- 14. THE CHAIN OF ROCKS, MISSOURI: That night
- 15. ST LOUIS, MISSOURI: The next day
- 16. KNOX COUNTY: A week later
- 17. SANGAMON COUNTY, NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD: The last night in July and the first few hours of August
- 18. SPRINGFIELD: The first morning in August
- 19. SPRINGFIELD: Tuesday
- 20. SPRINGFIELD: The following weekend
- 21. SPRINGFIELD: The next morning
- 22. KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS: The next afternoon
- 23. SPRINGFIELD: The same afternoon
- 24. LEADWOOD, ILLINOIS: Two days later
- 25. SPRINGFIELD & CHICAGO: The third Monday in August
- 26. SPRINGFIELD: Thursday
- 27. TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE: The same time
- 28. SPRINGFIELD, MARION & KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS: The same time
- 29. SPRINGFIELD: After the council meeting
- 30. ST LOUIS: Saturday
- 31. SPRINGFIELD: The first day in September
- 32. SPRINGFIELD: The same time
- 33. KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS: Labor Day
- 34. SPRINGFIELD: The first half of September
- 35. SANGAMON COUNTY, NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD: Wednesday
- 36. SPRINGFIELD: Thursday
- 37. SPRINGFIELD: Saturday
- 38. SPRINGFIELD: Sunday
- 39. SPRINGFIELD: Monday
- 40. SPRINGFIELD: Tuesday, the day of the Referendum
- 41. KNOX COUNTY: Wednesday
- 42. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Later that day
- 43. TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE: Thursday morning
- 44. SPRINGFIELD: Thursday noon
- 45. SPRINGFIELD: Friday and Saturday
- 46. CHAMPAIGN-URBANA: Sunday morning
- 47. SPRINGFIELD: The first ten days of October
- 48. SPRINGFIELD: Friday
- 49. LONDON, ILLINOIS: That evening
- 50. GARY, INDIANA: The next morning
- 51. CAWKERVILLE, ILLINOIS: That afternoon
- 52. CHAMPAIGN-URBANA: Tuesday
- 53. SPRINGFIELD & ST LOUIS: Wednesday
- 54. Springfield: The same day
- 55. SPRINGFIELD: Thursday morning
- 56. SPRINGFIELD: The same day lunchtime
- 57. SPRINGFIELD: Eight o’clock Friday morning
- 58. CHAMPAIGN-URBANA: Same day, same time
- 59. SPRINGFIELD: Same morning
- 60. SPRINGFIELD: The early hours of Saturday
- 61. SPRINGFIELD: A few minutes later
- 62. ST LOUIS: Late November
- 63. SPRINGFIELD: March
- Acknowledgements
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