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Michael White is a writer based in Sydney, Australia. He has been a science editor of British GQ, a columnist for the Sunday Express in London and, in a previous incarnation, he was a member of the Thompson Twins (1982).
Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of thirty books: These include the international best-sellers, Equinox, Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, Leonardo: The First Scientist and Tolkien: A Biography.
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EQUINOX
"Oxford, 2006: a young woman is found brutally murdered,
her throat cut. Her heart has been removed and in its place lies an
apparently ancient gold coin. Twenty-four hours later, another woman is found.
The MO is identical, except that this time her brain has been removed, and
a silver coin lies glittering in the bowl of her skull.
The police are baffled but when police photographer Philip Bainbridge and his
estranged lover Laura Niven become involved, they discover that these horrific,
ritualistic murders are not confined to the here and now. And a shocking story
begins to emerge which intertwines Sir Isaac Newton, one of seventeenth-century
England's most powerful figures, with a deadly conspiracy which echoes down the
years to the present day, as lethal now as it was then.
Before long those closest to Laura are in danger, and she finds herself
the one person who can rewrite history; the only person who can stop the killer
from striking again.
Equinox is Michael White's first novel. It caused a sensation at
the 2005 Frankfurt book fair and was sold on a partial manuscript by Michael's agent
Carole Blake at Blake Friedmann in London. It will appear in 25 languages between
autumn 2006 and summer 2007.
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THE MEDICI SECRET
In the crypt of the Medici Chapel in Florence, palaeopathologist, Edie Granger, and
her uncle, Carlin Mackenzie, are examining the mummified remains of one of the most
powerful families in Renaissance Italy.
The embalmers have done their work well in terms of outward appearance. But under the
crisp skin, the organs have shrivelled to a fraction of their original size, which
means it is difficult to gather a usable DNA sample. Edie and Mackenzie both have
serious doubts about the true identity of at least two of the five-hundred-year-old
bodies.
And no one can explain the presence of an alien object discovered resting against
Cosimo de' Medici's spine.
For Carlin Mackenzie, this is the most fascinating and the most dangerous discovery
of his life. For Edie, it is the beginning of an obsessive, life-threatening quest.
With all the dramatic twists and turns that made Equinox such a huge
international success, The Medici Secret meshes past and present, cryptic
clues and constant menace to produce a mystery thriller that does not relax its
grip for one single moment.
THE MEDICI SECRET is published by Random House on 28th February 2008.
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