num_pages: 416
description: JANETTE TURNER HOSPITAL's electrifying novel chronicles the lives of two strangers connected by the tragic loss of parents in a hijacked Paris--New York flight. As an adult, Samantha, one of the children set free by the terrorists, has become obsessed with the hijacking. Under the guise of her senior thesis, she pulls Lowell, the son of a victim, into a web of terror, death, and betrayal that he has spent his adult life trying to forget. Hospital probes with astonishing acuity the worlds of espionage and intelligence gathering, and the painful meaning of survival.
language: English
title: Due Preparations for the Plague
titlecomplete: Due Preparations for the Plague
genres: Audiobook, Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, 21st Century, Thriller, Australia, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 527
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Queensland Premier's Literary Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Davitt Award
category: Best Adult Novel
publisher: HarperCollins Canada