Helen C. Escott (CA)
Operation Wormwood
Operation Wormwood
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Book 1 of The Wormwood Duology
An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, setting off a chain of events that leaves doctors mystified. He is the first of many victims suffering from severe nosebleeds and excruciating pain. Dr. Luke Gillespie and Nurse Agatha Catania investigate their symptoms but are unable to diagnose them. The only thing they have in common is Sgt. Nicholas Myra, an investigator with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.
Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra join forces to solve this twisted mystery. But the story takes a critical turn when Sister Pius, a nun from Mercy Convent, informs them about Wormwood: a disease she believes is created by God to kill perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. Wormwood becomes an international media storm when parish priest Father Peter Cooke holds a news conference on the steps of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist and announces that God has unleashed a plague upon the earth.
Is God truly punishing these criminals, or is a serial killer targeting them? Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra race to find answers, while the Roman Catholic hierarchy starts bringing people back to the Church in droves . . . by cashing in on what it claims to be a miracle.
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ISBN
9781771177078
Number of pages
288
Publisher
Bio
Bio
Helen C. Escott is an award-winning, bestselling Canadian author and playwright. Before becoming an author, she had a ten-year career in radio and TV. In 1998, she joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as Senior Communication Strategist. She began writing books full-time in 2014 upon her retirement. Described as a prolific writer, she has written seven novels and one play. Two novels from her Operation crime thriller series have been short-listed for the Crime Writers of Canada’s best first crime novel award and won the Silver Medal – Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Her latest crime novel, Operation Masonic, was a finalist for the 2023 Best Atlantic-Published Book, presented by the Atlantic Publishers’ Marketing Association. Escott is a retired civilian member of the RCMP and was the communications lead on high-profile events, including the RCMP’s Newfoundland response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. She wrote and implemented the Atlantic Region Communication Strategies to combat organized crime and outlaw biker gangs, created a media relations course, and taught it in several provinces as well as at the Canadian Police College, Ottawa. She also served as a communications strategist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
