Virus

By William Harrington

William Harrington, the veteran American suspense novelist who has been hailed as a ‘master of suspense and plot’, and whose books have been called ‘cliffhangers to the last page’, is back with Virus, his most thrilling adventure to date.

An eccentric computer genius resents the way business-management types have taken control of his life’s work and his company. He decides to shoot them down. By inserting a computer virus in the airlines reservations computer system, he causes airport chaos on a heavy-traffic day.

Colombian drug barons identify him as the man who can, perhaps, sneak a Boeing 747 past airline traffic control radar systems and so carry many tons of cocaine into the States. He sets to work, testing the system by, getting small planes past the radar barrier. With Virus, Harrington has all but invented a new category for suspense novels.

William Harrington (1931-2000) was born in Ohio and studied law at Ohio State University. An attorney for nearly 20 years, he became a full-time writer in 1980. Harrington published almost thirty novels during his career, including The English Lady (1982) and a series of six novels featuring fictional TV detective Columbo.