Kate is a reporter for the Nashville Herald. While she is there one day working on a story, she stumbles upon a well known country singer, who is there for surgery. Kate wonders why Gwendolyn Cartwright would be having angioplasty surgery. She is young and that is surgery usually done to older patients. What the heck is going on here? They are trying to move her from the hospital and she finds them slipping out the back door when Gwendolyn starts to crash. Now Kate really wants to find out what is going on!
NASHVILLE MERCY is the name of the hospital and where Kate finds her old friend Jan. Jan fills Kate in on what is going on with the cardiac unit where Jan works. Jan tells Kate that there are many cardiac surgeries being preformed on patients that do not need the surgery. Kate, ever the reporter, can not let this go un-investigated. She convinces Gwendolyn to tell her story. Gwen wants to tell her everything about her near death experience from un necessary surgery because she wants to make a difference and feels she has an obligation to tell the truth. Her lawyer tries to convince her not to do it. He feels it will hurt her image if her story comes out.
NASHVILLE MERCY is where Kate meets Bradley Wickham. He is the executive Vice President of Operations there and there is instant attraction between them. Kate wonders if he is a good guy or if he's mixed up in the illegal activity at the hospital. She is on an unexpected roller- coaster ride where Kate discovers secrets that someone is determined to keep buried. Bodies start to drop and that is all I can say without ruining the story for you. It all comes together for a chilling ending. An ending that will leave you wondering if this is going on at your hospital!
NASHVILLE MERCY is a highly suspenseful and pulse-pounding thriller. I was emotionally invested in Kate and her troubles from the very first chapter. My heart was breaking for her as she didn't know who she could trust. Her ex fiancΓ© Andrew? What about Bradley? Everyone is telling her not to trust him but he seems so genuine and she truly likes him. How is she ever going to get to the truth with her feelings all mixed up? You have to read NASHVILLE MERCY to find out! I still can't believe NASHVILLE MERCY is a debut novel!!
When a promising country music singer on the verge of
stardom mysteriously dies after undergoing a routine
medical
procedure, Kate Katelinson, an investigative reporter for
the Nashville Herald, becomes personally tied to the case.
After sources connected to the reporterβs investigation
start dying, Kate finds herself thrust into a twisted
labyrinth of betrayal, corruption, and murder. Armed with
only her investigative instincts and an unlikely alliance
of
friends, the reporter enters a terrifying game of
cat-and-mouse with a mastermind more powerful than she
could
have ever anticipated.
To complicate matters, Kate finds herself torn between her
brilliant ex fiancΓ©, and a charismatic hospital executive
who both may be after more than her heart.
In her debut novel, Dr. M. Maitland DeLand takes readers
through a rollercoaster ride of suspense while touching
upon
some of the most pressing social and healthcare issues of
the 21st century.
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