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Summary: WHAT A WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS
Review: Follett followers and new listeners will quickly find themselves absorbed in the best-selling author's latest scenario. This time it's all about bio-terrorism, and compellingly read by London born Josephine Bailey. She knows how to hold listeners, sustaining their tension and popping surprises as we find ourselves shivering at the prospect of what Follett has cooked up this time.

An ex policewoman, Toni Gallo is now head of security at a pharmaceutical firm, Oxenford Medical. As the Christmas holiday approaches a cannister holding a lethal virus has gone astray.

Characters in this evil vs. good battle all converge upon the Oxenford family home in Scotland. Once there, they're kept captive by a blinding winter storm. Toni has eyes for her boss, Stanley Oxenford. But, she'd be better off to keep her attention fixed on his son, Kit, a gambling ne'er do-well who plots to steal from his dad's lab to pay off debts.

There's the usual coterie of newsmen tracing what they think is a hot story, and other Oxenford family members trying to satisfy their egos and urges plus assorted thieves. What a way to spend Christmas!

- Gail Cooke