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Deception

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McClure has been deubbe " the Scottish Michael Crichton" but I am not wholly persuaded the comparison is apt--McClure is not as heavy on the technological research and operates on a smaller scale .His books about Doctor Steven Dunbar -of which this is one -are entertaining ventures into the world of the medical thriller and succed in being lively diversions with an underlying sense of warning -allhis scenarios are frighteningly plausible .
Dunbar-ex British Army Special Services--is an investigator for Sci-Med , a branch of the government investigating issues linked to medical matters -malpractice ,say ,or disease

Deception takes place around the unprepossessing ,fictional village of Blackbridge ,near Edinburgh where violence has broken out between a Genetically Modified Food farm and a proposed new organic farm venture .There are sudden and inexplicable instances of rats attacking and killing people-including the local vicar ,and a small child .The new organic farm venture has some distinctly heavyweight security and seem secretive about what exactly is going on in the area .When Dunbar seems to be getting too close to the truth his own child is kidnapped and a warning issued that he had best drop the case if he wants to see the child again .
The tabloid press takes a hand ,whipping up public opinion against the GM farm and riot ensues .Naturally there is government cover-up involved .
Dunbar is a well drawn and sympathetic figure and McClure ,a micro-biologist by training ,is good at extrapolating scenarios based on worst case medical realities

Good ,solid reading and plausible .