Stephenie Meyer (http://stepheniemeyer.com/) is an American young adult fiction writer and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series Twilight. These novels have gained worldwide recognition, selling over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 different languages. This year sees the author venture into the adult action thriller with The Chemist. The summary is as follows. An ex-agent is on the run from her former employer. Saving her own skin entails taking on one more case. She used to work for the American government, a fact known to few. But being an expert chemist in such a clandestine world is highly dangerous. When she becomes a liability the ‘agency without a name’ tries to kill her. Now she’s constantly switching locations and identities. When her former handler offers her this one last job, it’s the last chance to escape a nightmare. But to her horror, the information she acquires only makes the nightmare darker. Perhaps the use of her specialist skills can get her out of this terrible mess? Pick up this prescription to find out.
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528 pages in Sphere
First published 2016
ISBN 978-0751567670
Stephenie Meyer