Fatal Trauma
June 9th, 2015. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.Fatal Trauma
By Richard L. Mabry, M.D,
Hang on to your seats! Richard Mabry’s latest medical thriler , Fatal Trauma, will have you reading long into the night!
A gunman who has nothing to lose faces a doctor who could lose it all to prove his innocence.
When Dr. Mark Baker and Nurse Kelly Atkinson are held at the mercy of a dangerous gunman, the lives of every emergency room patient are at stake. At the end of the evening three men are dead. One of them is a police officer who couldn’t be saved despite Mark’s best efforts. The other two are members of the feared Zeta drug cartel.
Though the standoff is over, the killing is not, because when the drug cartel loses its members, revenge is not far behind. Facing an adversary whose desires are dark and efforts are ruthless, Mark finds himself under suspicion as a killer, yet still a potential victim. When he turns to his high school sweetheart, attorney Gwen Woodruff, for help, Kelly helplessly looks on, as she hides her own feelings for the good doctor.
At the height of the conflict, three questions remain: Who is the shooter? Who will the next victim be? And can Mark prove his innocence before the gun turns on him?
ISLAND BREEZES
What a position to be in! Both a victim and a suspect. Dr. Mark Baker’s and Nurse Kelly’s lives are at stake. First when they are held hostage, and then later as the Zeta drug cartel is out for revenge.
These two are caught in the middle between law enforcement and the cartel. As my grandmother would say, especially regarding Mark, “They are up a creek without a paddle.”
Mark manages to come up with an attorney he trusts, but she is not a criminal attorney. On top of everything Kelly is developing romantic feelings for Mark, and also, is jealous of his attorney. What a tangled up mess it all is!
I thought I had definitely figured out who the shooter was. Surprise. I was wrong.
This book grabbed me and pulled me in like all Dr. Mabry’s books do. This is one to start reading early in the morning on a day you expect few interruptions. You’re not going to want to put this book down until you are finished with it. Forget meals and sleep.
You’ll find a teaser at the back of the book. I read it and am waiting very impatiently for Dr. Mabry’s next book, Miracle Drug.
***A special thank you to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
A retired physician, Dr. Richard Mabry is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels of medical suspense. His previous works have been finalists for the Carol Award and Romantic Times Reader’s Choice Award, and have won the Selah Award. He is a past Vice-President of American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of the International Thriller Writers. He and his wife live in North Texas.
Find Richard online here.