Kate Scannell

Immortal Wounds: A Doctor Nora Kelly Mystery (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

DOCTOR NORA KELLY IS DRAWN BACK INTO HER LIFE DURING A PERILOUS QUEST to solve the mystery of serial deaths occurring at Oakland City Hospital.

Wrestling with grief and self-doubt after the traumatic loss of her child and husband, Nora is plunged into an all-consuming puzzle that begins when a corpse is discovered in the hospital's administrative suite. It appears to be death by suicide -- at first.

But after several mysterious deaths occur among the staff, Nora begins to suspect that an elusive serial murderer is roaming the hospital. Her risky pursuit of the truth takes twists and turns that lead her to a covert narcotics scheme within the hospital and shocking revelations about her colleagues.

Finally, when she puts the puzzle together and confronts the killer, Nora must use her diagnostic acumen to escape the killer's revenge. Her self-redemptive quest to solve the mystery also unearths a deeply personal and painful questionone that reaches into the core of who she is and what she believes.

FROM THE BACK COVER

"Immortal Wounds is a compelling, richly textured mystery that draws us deeply into the cloistered world of the hospital. A murderer or two may be on the loose in Scannell's thriller, but the psychological struggles and ethical mysteries encountered daily by her doctors and nurses prove just as riveting. A must-read!" Jodi Halpern, MD, author of From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice

ACCLAIM FOR the memoir Death of the Good Doctor: Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic

"This haunting memoir is an important addition to the canon of AIDS literature. Scannell writes beautifully and with an insight that escapes most physicians." Abraham Verghese, author of My Own Country and Cutting for Stone

"Kate Scannell is the rare doctor who has been transformed by her patients. In this irresistible, informative, and enormously moving book, she tells us not only her own story, but theirs." Gloria Steinem

"A remarkable book, part history, part memoir, that reads with the grace and eloquence of good fiction." Bay Area Reporter

"... an enormously moving, thoughtful and compassionate memoir." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

ACCLAIM FOR Flood StageA Novel

"Touching and poignant, Flood Stage is a fine novel that shouldn't be missed." Midwest Book Review

"Kate Scannell brings to life the diverse characters in Flood Stage in a way that allowed me to inhabit their hearts and minds ... It has enriched my life and I believe it will enrich yours." Lance Reynolds

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Word Haven Media
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781732571419
• Artikelnr.: 54099272

Autorenporträt

Kate Scannell is a physician and author who lives, writes, and gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is finally enjoying the focused time she's promised herself to write the medical mysteries she's longed to tell. Immortal Wounds-the first in her series involving crack internist Dr. Nora Kelly and colleagues at Oakland City Hospital-was published in September, 2018.

Kate has published extensively in both lay and professional venues. She was a regular opinion columnist (2000-2014) for several Bay Area newspapers and their digital outlets, including The Oakland Tribune and The Contra Costa Times. Her columns explored the ethical and sociopolitical dimensions of modern medicine and health care.

In 1999, she published her memoir Death of the Good Doctor-Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic (Cleis Press). The book relates her experiences serving as the medical director for one of the country's first hospital AIDS wards during the early HIV epidemic years (1985-1990) when most patients suffered quick deaths. Her memoir also recounts her coming-of-age as a woman physician during this unique time. After her book went out of print, she acquired its rights and published it in digital (2010) and book (2012) formats.

In the interim, Kate published Flood Stage-A Novel, a collection of twenty interrelated stories about people living in a diverse rural community whose lives are threatened when torrential rains overfill the local river. When flood stage arrives and apocalyptic flooding ensues, residents of this tight-knit community must make swift and painful decisions. Do they stay or flee? What do they choose to carry away, what do they leave behind? In moments of urgent reckoning, their unique personal histories are acted out on center stage as a universal human drama unfolds.

Though taking early leave of her medical career, Kate loved medicine and patient care. She was board certified in Internal Medicine; Rheumatology; Geriatrics; and, Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She intends to stay close to these interests through her future writing.

She invites you to visit her website at: www.katescannellmd.com