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|title=Virals
|author=Kathy Reichs
|publisher=Arrow (Young)
|date=May 2011
|website=http://kathyreichs.com
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|summary=The debut young adult novel by acclaimed crime writer Kathy Reichs has more sci-fi and less mystery than her other books - but is still worth checking out. The fantastic climax has me eagerly waiting to read book 2!
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Tory Brennan is just a normal girl with an extraordinary aunt - the renowned forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. Desperate to follow in her relative's footsteps, she seems to have little opportunity to do so living in South Carolina - but that quickly changes when she and her friends stumble on a decades old corpse. Desperately trying to find out what happened to the dead person, and cure a sick dog they've liberated from a laboratory on their island home, the quartet's lives have suddenly become rather complicated. And that's before a mysterious virus hits them all and leaves them with some very strange side effects...
Recommended to fans of exciting thrillers and strong female narrators. Adult fans of Reichs, please be aware that it may not be what you're used to - but give it a chance and you'll hopefully enjoy it!
For another exciting thriller with a fabulous female lead, check out one of my favourite reads of the year so far, [[The Repossession by Sam Hawksmoor]]. We also have a review of Reichs' [[Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs|Speaking in Bones]].
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