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This is a great mystery book, full of suspense. The author describes everything and everyone, and you get to really see the places and understand the complex characters evolving in the quiet town of Stillness.
So many mysteries kept me turning the pages eagerly, trying to find out more. There’s a good build up from the beginning, without giving away too much. The characters themselves are complex � no one is who they seem nor as they seem.
For the pure scientific part of the book, with the myste ...more
So many mysteries kept me turning the pages eagerly, trying to find out more. There’s a good build up from the beginning, without giving away too much. The characters themselves are complex � no one is who they seem nor as they seem.
For the pure scientific part of the book, with the myste ...more
Fast-paced and full of action, Stillness is anything but still. Farrell starts his book off with a bang and keeps up the frenetic timeline with the same urgency of a country on the verge of a medical emergency. People are dying and the question for the authorities is- is it bio warfare, a mutant gene, or something even more sinister than that? If you like Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, or Robert Ludlum you'll enjoy this book. Graphic and realistic there are parts that made me squeamish, but the over
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This is a fast-paced, suspenseful, and well-written story. The main plot revolves around people in a small town getting sick and dying rather quickly. The CDC is called in to help determine the cause and help find a cure. There are sub-plots, some directly related to the reason for the virus, while others occur as a result of the virus. At times I had trouble following all the characters and situations. There's a lot going on in this small town and it certainly isn't predictable. With many decad
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The story opens with someone searching for justice. And the reader can tell this isn't going to be easy. Digging up your parents' grave doesn't seem the right thing to do, so the reader knows there's a lot at stake. By the time the parents are re-interred, we've been treated to a well written, well told and fast paced story.
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Excellent debut novel by Eldon Farrell. The author obviously took a lot of care in crafting this medical mystery which is about an outbreak of a deadly plague in a small town, Stillness, in Iowa. He knows how to bring characters alive on the page although sometimes the narrative gets a little bogged down in the scrupulous detail of physical descriptions.
Mr. Farrell also knows how to build suspense as the protagonists of his novel proceed to investigate whether the plague is an act of bioterrori ...more
Mr. Farrell also knows how to build suspense as the protagonists of his novel proceed to investigate whether the plague is an act of bioterrori ...more
May 28, 2016
Eldon Farrell
marked it as my-books
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Jul 29, 2016
Marie Silk
marked it as to-read
Mar 07, 2017
Crystal Dawn
marked it as to-read
