Whiteout

by Ken Follett

Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing.

As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. 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, head of his security team and recently forced to resign from the police, is betting her career on keeping it safe; an ambitious local television reporter sniffs a story, even if he has to bend the facts to tell it; and a violent trio of thugs is on their way to steal it, with a client already waiting.

As the storm worsens and the group is laid under siege by the elements, the emotional sparks crackle and dark secrets are uncovered threaten to drive Stanley and his family apart for ever.

Filled with startling twists, Whiteout is the ultimate knife-edge drama from an international bestselling author who is in a class by himself.

• ISBN10: 0525948430
• ISBN13: 9780525948438
• Publish Date: 23 November 2004 (first published 15 October 2004)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dutton Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 374
• Language: English

Reviews

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I just can’t say enough about Ken Follett. I am just immediately engrossed in his books, before the first chapter is even done. I actually spent over 3 hours last night reading (during American Idol!), I was so interested. This is the first of his I’ve read that actually takes place in modern times. Most everything else I’ve read was set in the WWII era, so this was a nice change of pace.