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M.E. Roche

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While the product of a Midwest upbringing, M.E. has lived and worked on both coasts as well as in Ireland. As a registered nurse, she has had the opportunity to work in many facets of nursing from pediatrics to geriatrics, from labor representation to administration, including the implementation of hospital information systems for nursing.

While officially retired, she continues to volunteer at a neighborhood clinic where she lives in southwest Florida. When M.E. discovered that nothing had been written about nursing for young readers, since the 1950s and 60s, her first novels were written to address this deficit—to show young readers something of what nursing was like today. As she got to know her characters and their involvement with law
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While this mystery centers on the disappearance of a child from her summer camp bunk, in the middle of the night, the reader soon learns that this is the second child to have disappeared some years earlier from the same family...the family that owns ...more
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While an intriguing mystery, well-written as expected of this author, the topic of pediphelia, and the numerous scenes wherein grooming a child is depicted, made me consider whether I would finish the book. I did finish it as I wanted to know what wo ...more
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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
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Set in the 1950s, this novel traces the lives of a disparate group of women living in a boarding house, each trying to make their way in the world that to date has not been too receptive. With little means at their disposal, they begin having weekly ...more
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Unfettered by John  Fetterman
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An unflinching personal account of the author's battle with his own mental health. In a time when few are willing to admit to any weaknesses, particularly with mental health issues, it was great to see someone willing to share what they had experienc ...more
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A fast paced, intriguing murder mystery with all the elements of secret (or not so secret) alliances in small town power. It takes the return of a new assistant DA to his home town, to begin unraveling the connections and bringing the murderer to jus ...more
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A fast paced mystery concerning a lawyer who retreats from city life to the town where he grew up, to live near his widowed mother. At one time, he represented union interests in the town, but he is coming back to work on the corporate side of things ...more
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This is a clear depiction of what many families experience in trying to provide good care to their loved ones, without understanding the importance of decision-making input from the loved one. Sometimes a family can only do so much before alienating ...more
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This is a story dictated by the not so uncommon decision where a character must make the choice between something that is morally right and something that will alter her own life forever. In this case, the character once gave her expert testimony tha ...more
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