The citizens of San Antonio, Texas are threatened with extermination by a terrifying outbreak of the flu. Quarantined by the military to contain the virus, the city is in a desperate struggle to survive. Inside the quarantine walls, Detective Lily Harris is working burial statistics duty at the Scar, San Antonio's mass graveyard, when she finds a murder victim hidden amongst the plague dead. But Lily's investigation into the young woman's death soon takes a frightening turn as yet another strain of the deadly flu virus surfaces, and now Lily finds herself caught up in a conspiracy orchestrated by a corrupt local government intent on hiding the news from the world and fighting a population threatening to boil over into revolt. As the city erupts in violence, Lily is forced to do the unthinkable. With the clock ticking toward annihilation, Lily must lead her family through the quarantine walls and escape with news that just might save us all.
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Joe McKinney is a homicide detective for the San Antonio Police Department and a full time writer. He has also served on the SAPD’s Critical Incident Management Team, where he helped coordinate San Antonio’s responses to large scale flooding, hazardous materials spills, and the mass evacuations of New Orleans and Houston following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has a Master’s degree in Medieval Literature from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and currently writes in a wide range of genres, including horror, mystery, and science fiction. Author of the novels Dead City and Peacekeepers, he has been nominated for the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award. He has also published nonfiction articles on Texas history and his various culinary interests. It is rumored he makes the best batch of chili in Texas.
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Joe McKinney has been a patrol officer for the San Antonio Police Department, a homicide detective, a disaster mitigation specialist, a patrol commander, and a successful novelist. His books include the four part Dead World series, Quarantined and Dodging Bullets. His short fiction has been collected in The Red Empire and Other Stories and Dating in Dead World and Other Stories. For more information go to http://joemckinney.wordpress.com.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting, thought provoking and scary as heck!,
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After reading DEAD CITY, I knew Joe McKinney was a writer to watch - he has a terrific ear for dialogue, a knack for creating very human characters, and a major talent for putting those characters into white-knuckle situations. QUARANTINED, however, is even better than his earlier book, as he follows Lily, a homicide detective, and her partner Chunk through the nightmarish scenario of solving a murder in a plague-infested San Antonio.
Ultra-realistic, ultra-violent, and yet ultimately full of hope, QUARANTINED is that rarest of books: A thriller with a heart.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A true original!,
This review is from: Quarantined (Paperback)
This book is an intriguing mix of mystery, action, family drama and apocalyptic tale, and, amazingly, McKinney pulls it all off. Not only that, but he makes it look easy.
As much as I enjoyed the action sequences and the mystery plot, it was the human angle that fully captivated me while reading this novel. The main character's attempts to keep her family together and lead a normal life in the face of a deadly virus that has wiped out most of the surrounding population was both gripping and quite touching. For me, this aspect is what truly set this book apart from the hordes of apocalyptic novels on the market today. If you're anything like me, you'll plow through QUARANTINED in record speed and be eagerly awaiting the next McKinney novel. Highly recommended!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Exceptional Thriller With Depth,
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This dark drama/thriller by author Joe McKinney is an exceptional read. The book's plague-infested environment, filled with danger and chaos, and with such striking emotion, has never been told quite like this before. The author's law enforcement background gives the writing a realistic authenticity to the language and details without bogging it down with overly technical descriptions and police procedures. McKinney uses a wonderful balance between character and story, constantly building the tension to unbearable heights. There are moments so suspenseful, I actually caught myself holding my breath on a few occasions, especially towards the end.
Perhaps even more impressive than this story is the fact that this is only McKinney's second novel, his first being the zombie book, Dead City. If this is any indication of this author's learning curve, I absolutely can't wait to see what he writes next. Horror fans should be cautioned, however, that this is more a drama/thriller with an element of mystery, so be prepared. That being said, this book should please any reader looking for a fresh and original story involving an extremely deadly plague in America. Deeply drawn characters, tight meaningful dialogue, and well-paced suspense is what you're guaranteed to find with Quarantined.
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