‘Containment’ by Nick Thacker is a thriller that I just couldn’t put down. With action all the way. A thriller featuring Jake Parker and the beginning of a whole new series.

Jake was a Detective, but has now turned to civilian life due to his wife’s untimely death of his wife during a police raid. Then he is contacted by a government official, there has been a family in an ICE centre struck down with some unknown disease and the government request he comes out of retirement and investigate (covertly) this disease.

He is given a partner in his investigation Doctor Eliza Mendoza, she is a well-skilled parasitologist/Epidemiologist. The aim is to identify this disease before an epidemic hits the country. When the true extent of everything hits home, they realise there must be a conspiracy and they need to stop this thing before it has a chance to not just affect America but further afield too!

A fast and adrenaline-filled story. The chapters are short and it gives it more oomph! The characters, well, we have Jake, the damaged ex-cop who has faced tragedy and come out the other side, but is still a little vulnerable. He has the guts you need to want to keep on hoping he can do this. Then Eliza, the serious and clever expert. She has everything you would want in that expert but there is surely something with these two? A whisper of something that is possible. The chemistry is there, they make a damn good duo.

A great plot that kept me interested until the end with the last half being shocking and racing to a conclusion before you know it, it’s over. I am glad I decided to come on this blog tour I have now found another new author!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the book to take part today.