The Trudeau Vector

The Trudeau Vector
Juris Jurjevics
Allen and Unwin
404 pages $29.95

Finally, a thriller which doesn’t have al Q’aeda, a former hard-bitten SAS soldier, and rogue right-wing Western intelligence services.

Instead, this is a combination of submarine action and biological terror in the Artic.

First-time thriller writer Juris Jurjevics has crafted a workman-like thriller based in a scientific research base near the North Pole.

Four scientists die mysteriously while out on the frozen ice wastes near the base. Dr Jessica Hanley, an epidemiologist who specialises in investigating the outbreak of unknown diseases, is called in to investigate.

Meanwhile the Russian Navy is investigating why one of its submarines has not returned from a secret mission.

Don’t worry, there is a link but it takes some getting there.

When Dr Hanley arrives at the polar base, she finds an interesting collection of possible suspects, plus a hunky Inuit who provides the local eye candy.

Although The Trudeau Vector isn’t great fiction, it will still kill a few hours on a long plane flight.

– David Sibley

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