Dying in Care

Wayne Minnick. Creative Arts Book Company, $13.95 (155pp) ISBN 978-0-88739-413-3

The third mystery featuring Wade Davis and Leda Fulford, skilled police detectives and hapless on-again, off-again lovers, has the duo investigating the murder of an oncology nurse, the disappearance of a doctor and the cold-blooded calculations behind a hospital euthanasia scam. Retired professor Wayne Minnic (The Crossbow Murder) packs everything from to familial guilt to a doctor bent on revenge in Dying in Care.

Featured Fiction Reviews

Joseph Earl Thomas

The magnificent first novel from Thomas (Sink, a memoir) centers on an Iraq War veteran who works in a Philadelphia emergency room. Joey, who grew up in poverty, relies on Continue reading »

Briony Cameron

Cameron debuts with an exciting and multidimensional story inspired by the women pirates who sailed the Caribbean in the 17th century. Jacquotte Delahaye, who is of Haitian and Continue reading »

Marcela Fuentes

Fuentes debuts with the astonishing story of two malas, or women who challenge traditional Mexican gender norms. The year is 1951 and Pilar Aguirre, who is eight months pregnant Continue reading »

Scott Preston

Preston’s blistering debut takes place in the farthest reaches of northern England, on “cloud-eaten” fells battered by wind and inhabited mostly by sheep. There’s nothing much Continue reading »