Prime Witness by Penny Morgan

I've had this novel on my shelf for a little while and wish it hadn't taken me so long to meet Caro. Caro is the beautiful protagonist in this hard hitting murder mystery thriller from Penny Morgan. Penny introduces you to a world we all know exists but are mostly too complacent to contemplate, the dark world of powerful corporate pharmaceutical companies and the animals they use to provide us humans with the medicines we use everyday. Penny trained in zoology at King's College, London University and specialised in comparative psychology, gaining a PhD at Bristol University and also has a law degree. In this novel she uses all of these skills and more to entwine you in the argument for Animal Rights to great effect. If you don't shed a tear, question your responsibility as a human being, as well as the rights of all living beings in the world around you after reading this story, you're dead behind the eyes. Caro is a Bonobo monkey, she can think, feel and learn; she can even speak with the help of her portable lexicon machine. When a fire consumes the facility where she lives and one of the researchers who looks after her is murdered, poor little Caro finds herself thrown into a tumultuous world where not only her existence but that of all associated with her are put into peril. Why would someone want to kill Caro? Who stands to gain by ensuring animals are seen as dumb unconscious beings? What depths will human beings go to ensure we maintain our ignorance to the capabilities of living breathing fellow dwellers of this tiny earth? What are the consequences of realising that animals have souls? These questions and more are thrown at the reader in this fast paced thriller; plot twists, conspiracy theories galore and a powerful argument for animal rights which makes the reader question how all animals are perceived and treated by man. If you are an animal lover you need to read this book, it will make you question everything. If you're not an animal lover you need to read this book, to help you open your eyes to the bigger picture. Even if you're not fussed either way, you're in for a great ride!

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