Patient Zero: Clip Undertaking #2

by Todd Harra

Tripp Clipper is back, this time as a deadly outbreak of unknown origin spreads through Charleston like wildfire.A routine autopsy on a couple of unidentified homicide victims takes a turn for the weird when Homeland Security swoops in and seizes the bodies. Even weirder, Clip and the attending pathologist are debriefed at a safe house where a doctor pokes and prods them to determine if they were infected, but Homeland Security won't tell them with what.Two homeless guys shooting each other isn't normally a matter of national security. But every time Clip investigates what the John Does were involved in, Homeland Security intervenes. When the bodies start piling up in his morgue--all seemingly healthy adults--he knows it's connected. There's been an outbreak and the government is trying to get a handle on it quickly and quietly. That is until it mushrooms out of control. Things turn for the worse when the funeral home's secretary is hospitalized, quickly followed by his girlfriend. Government officials place Charleston under quarantine, and DMORT arrives to deal with all the bodies. Clip needs to find out what's going on before half his city (and his loved ones) end up dead.It all started with those two John Does. He has to figure out which one is Patient Zero.

368 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2018

Reviews

[Barbara Cosenza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting Bio- thriller

What a ride on the journey through a terrorist attack and bioweapon epidemic. Based on the old plans of the Soviets to create biowarfare agents to use against America, Todd Harra has created a believable and exciting drama taking this funeral director on an adventure from the backwaters of Charleston to the bowels of the ocean. Who do you trust? Army, Homeland Security, FBI? Or yourself! Find out when you take the journey with Patient Zero.

[Sarah McGregor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even better than the last one

I love how Todd turns the profession of mortician into something both fascinating and everyday. Trip's adventures don't disappoint. I'm ready for the next one!

[Kathy H · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can't get past the first two chapters.

[Amy Shannon]

Good read

When I read the prologue, I realized it was the author's unique way of telling the reader that this was fiction. The story is written in first person, and that is a unique perspective for this story, and it works. Chapter one leads the reader into the middle (or the end) of the story, and then reels them back in chapter two. It's a good way to tell a story and build intrigue. Wondering what will happen next. Clip was certainly an interesting character, and he brought life to the story, which is interesting in itself. A good read overall.