Description:
A MYSTERIOUS BLUE PATIENT IS ABANDONED AT OAKLAND CITY HOSPITAL. Doctor Nora Kelly must outwit a powerful corporate adversary to diagnose her patient's illness and safeguard her community.
Brief description: Kate Scannell is the author of Immortal Wounds, the first in series of her Doctor Nora Kelly mysteries. She also wrote the memoir Death of the Good Doctor: Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic, and the novel Flood Stage. She lives in Oakland where she also practiced medicine and wrote a regular opinion column for the Bay Area News Group.
Review Quotes:
"Scannell lifts the veil on the life-and-death struggles taking place both inside and around the edges of an urban hospital. A fast-paced drama of overlapping lives, conflicting emotions, and the threats posed by immigration, human trafficking, and environmental degradation." -Leslie Larson, author of Breaking Out of Bedlam
"The plot is taut and engaging... Scannell's authorial gaze is remarkably compassionate, especially to those who have been discarded by society at large. In addition to being an intriguing mystery, the novel is a cry for social activism..." -BlueInk Review
"Lethal Control is a physician-led mystery with a strong social message...This series title includes characters from a previous volume; their introductions here are light, but their personalities are still made apparent... And the book's mystery elements are punctuated with scenes of medical drama...These varying stories connect in the high-energy resolution, in which Nora's fears-and her willingness to push through them-are validated..." Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5. Foreword Clarion Reviews