Twice Dead

Monika Everhardt Medical Mystery #1

by Eleanor Sullivan

In her debut adventure, Monika Everhardt, head nurse of the intensive care unit at St. Teresa's hospital, learns that a young woman who bled to death following an abortion was never pregnant. She sets out to find why the young woman died. Did the nurse assigned to care for her, abandon her? Why didn't the staff physician who volunteers at the only remaining abortion clinic in the city recognize her when he admitted her? Where was her husband-an Army ranger supposedly away for training-when she was killed? As her family threatens to sue and the hospital grapples with financial problems and anti-abortion protestors, a bomb threat becomes increasingly real. Fearing for the safety of her patients and the reputation of her staff, Monika is drawn into a personal quest to uncover the truth.

Paperback

First published April 22, 2002

About the author

ELEANOR SULLIVAN is the author of Singular Village Mysteries set in 1830s Zoar, Ohio, a village settled by her ancestors after their escape from religious persecution in Germany. The series feature a midwife, her cabinet-maker husband, and the town's leader, Eleanor's distant grandfather. The stories--and the murders in them--are fictitious; the town and its history are real! Graven Images is the second book in the series, following the release of Cover Her Body.

In her former life, Eleanor was dean of a university school of nursing, president of the world's largest nursing organization, editor of a prestigious professional journal, and author of award-winning books for nurses as well as a medical mystery series. Eleanor is a past member of the national board of Sisters in Crime and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America.

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fun read with nurse as detective. Quite amateurish and a lot of the hospital lingo didn't ring true, but it was still fun to read.