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 question?one that reaches into the core of who she is and what she believes.
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"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 Stage?A 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
