PANIC Book 2 in the Adele Monsarrat Mytery Thriller Series (Revised 2025) A BIG CITY HOSPITAL. A ROGUE KILLER VIRUS-AND NO CURE IN SIGHT. Iris Hersh, teenage daughter of Senator hopeful, Dr. Gordon Hersh, was in perfect health just hours ago. Now, in isolation on Ellis Hospital's infamous Ward 8, she hovers near death, ravaged by a virus that medical science has never before encountered, and doesn't know how to stop. As the virus claims one victim after another, Adele Monsarrat, Ward 8's quirky nurse sleuth, grows suspicious as to why the rogue virus seems so strangely selective. Teaming up with Nelson, her vegetarian labrador, and Cynthia O'Neil, her wildly unconventional best friend, Adele begins investigating the trail of virus victims. When Cynthia falls deathly ill, Adele joins forces with Detective Tim Ritmann (whose interest in Adele is more than professional). Together, they race against time to find the source of the virus before it spreads to the rest of an unsuspecting world . . .