Kirjahaku

What if life wasn't going to end in some prophetic catastrophe, but rather slowly over time? This question lies at the heart of Author B. J. Meehan's apocalyptic mystery novel Lifethreat.Al Jackson, project manager for the Federal Office of Health and Disease, must investigate why the number of pregnancies is suddenly dropping in Fall River, Massachusetts. The mystery thickens when he discovers men are becoming sterile at a rapid rate-and throughout the country. In the face of such a broad and complex mystery, Al is at a loss of answers.His investigation leads him to a group named the United Antiabortion League, where activist Mary Alice Hennigan has suggested that God is sterilizing men to punish people for abortion. Soon, a new pro-life political movement named the New Life Party emerges, drawing more attention to the issue as concerns over a dwindling population spread across the country.When Al finally stumbles upon a theory, he must race against time as unknown forces seek to discredit him. Will he find the proof he needs, or will humankind continue to slowly fade away?

Imagine coming face-to-face with your rapist decades after he attacked you. And what if you are expected to live alongside the man who turned your world upside down and no one believes you?Shirley may be eighty and unable to walk after a debilitating stroke, but some moments from her life will live in her memory forever. So, when she comes across a new resident at her nursing home's bingo night, she has no doubt in her mind at all - this man is the one who raped her.Although years have passed, the trauma of Shirley's attack is still fresh in her mind. But who will believe her?Struggling to convince those around her that she is not losing her mind, Shirley must face up to the shame and guilt she still feels from the horrific attack. Can she come to terms with her past, uncover the truth and stop her rapist hurting anyone else?When people in the home start to die in suspicious circumstances, Shirley fears she may be too late. But is the man at bingo really Shirley's rapist and why is she being haunted by voices from the nursing home's tragic past?