Louise Burfitt-Dons – The Secret War

‘The Secret War’ by Louise Burfitt-Dons is the third book and final book in the Karen Anderson series. I have read the other two books and can say I really enjoyed how the author uses current issues of the time and creates a thriller that has you hanging on her last word. I knew I was in for a good read as I started this and am glad to say I was right.

Karen Andersen, a private investigator, stumbles across intelligence in a Liverpool University that an ultra-right faction of the CCP plan to release the hyper contagious virus on an unsuspecting New York City. Heading out of Southampton on a luxury cruise, she has just seven days to disrupt the strategy. In the turmoil on board, Karen struggles to unravel the complexities.

Louise Burfitt-Dons couldn’t have chosen a better time to set this book. Set in the Covid Pandemic, this book takes biochemical warfare between China and America and delves into the political agenda that is far more sinister than anyone realises. We discover there is an even deadlier virus being transported to New York on a cruise ship, intending to be released there. Their biggest issue is Karen Anderson…

A book that blends murder with the threat to world peace and conspiracy with the up to date fake news we have today and even social media. The author has again written a high action story in which she manages to slowly reveal, drip-feeding the reader chapter by chapter. It keeps you turning the pages needing to know. I always find I get so immersed in Louise Burfitt-Dons stories and The Secret War did the same this time. The tension was racked up to the point that I was almost on the edge of my seat with the pages flipping as fast as I could read.

A Karen Anderson thriller that doesn’t disappoint in any way, action murder, biological warfare and a Karen Anderson that never gives up…what else do you want in a story? In my eyes, nothing.

Thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours and Louise Burfitt-Dons for the copy of the third and final book of the series.