No Immunity

Kiernan O'Shaughnessy #4

by Susan Dunlap

When two immigrant boys die of a brutal and mysterious illness, Kiernan must fight to prevent an outbreak
Deaf and incapable of speech, the two children from Panama are unable to voice their suffering, but Grady can tell they are dying. When he met them in the jungle they were miracle workers, soundlessly leading him and his team to the richest geological find of the century, and he brought them back to Las Vegas to safeguard his investment. Unwilling to hospitalize the children and risk deportation, he gets them out of town to die their tortured deaths. Whatever killed them is mysterious, uncontrollable, and ready to sweep across the region. The only person who can stop the impending epidemic is Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, medical examiner turned private detective, who once led a losing fight against a similar disease in Africa. She goes to Nevada to fight the outbreak, but finds herself battling greedy geologists and her well-meaning but hapless former houseman instead. If she can't contain the fever quickly, Nevada could find itself on the brink of a deadly disaster.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap including rare images from the author's personal collection.

No Immunity is the 4th book in the Kiernan O'Shaughnessy Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Genres: Mystery

336 pages, ebook

First published April 6, 1998

About the author

Susan Dunlap is best known for her Jill Smith detective series, but she is a prolific and much loved writer of crime and mystery fiction, including award-winning short stories.

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started and put down this book a couple times, I think because I hadn't read any other books in the series. Therefore, I wasn't sure at all of the backstory of the relationship between private eye Kiernan and her chef/assistant Tchernak, who she fires from both roles immediately. Kiernan is called to rural Nevada by a doctor she worked with in Africa during medical school, who believes the body that is in his morgue may be a victim of a hemorrhagic fever like they saw in Africa and wants her confirmation. At the same time, an oil baron who Kiernan and Tchernak have apparently worked with before calls her to help him find a missing employee, but she turns him down because she knows enough about him to not want to help him out. However, Tchernak knows the missing fellow and is more than happy to oblige, having just lost his steady employment. The two plots end up intertwined, though neither main character realizes it until late in the book.
The plots were OK, but without knowing anything about the characters beforehand, I felt a bit lost when it came to imagining them and figuring out why they did what they did. I saw a few of the plot twists coming, others took me by surprise. Overall, the best thing I got out of the book was a reminder that outside of Las Vegas, Nevada is rather barren desert land.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

The search for big oil, invasion of a lethal virus, disappearance of two deaf mute native Panamanians in the desert of Nevada, and the tricky relationship between female PI Kiernan O'Shaughnessy's cook, former football star and wanna be investigator, make for a gripping read.

[Jovdb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Audio book.

It was just okay. Lots of plot twists but too many incredulous bits to make it probable.

Just never go out in the Nevada desert unless you know a lot of people who will help you out!