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Quantum: A Thriller

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By (author): Patricia Cornwell

A USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestseller. International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in the first book in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge cybertechnology, and stakes that are astronomically high. On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicidea series of disturbing clues point to Callis twin sister, Carme, whos been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and to clear her sisters name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cyber security knowledge and her painful past, probing for answers to her twins erratic conduct. As time is running out, she realizes that failure means catastrophenot just for the space program but for the safety of the whole nation. Brilliantly crafted, gripping, and smart, Patricia Cornwells cliffhanger ending will keep readers wondering whats next for Captain Calli Chase. See more
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  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2019
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781542094061

About Patricia Cornwell

In 1990 Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel Postmortem while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond Virginia. An auspicious debut it went on to win the Edgar Creasey Anthony and Macavity Awards as well as the French Prix du Roman dAventure prizethe first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author the Gold Dagger Award the RBA Thriller Award and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development. Today Cornwells novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Rippers identity cookbooks a childrens book a biography of Ruth Graham and two other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano and Andy Brazil. While writing Quantum Cornwell spent two years researching space technology and robotics at Captain Calli Chases home base NASAs Langley Research Center and studied cutting-edge law enforcement and security techniques with the Secret Service the US Air Force NASA Protective Services Scotland Yard and Interpol. Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat North Carolina and now lives and works in Boston and Los Angeles.

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