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Tony Conte #2
Illegal Intent
Tony Conte, ex-Special Forces medic, martial arts expert, and hunky widower dad, is the emergency department nursing manager at Sawgrass Medical Center in southern Florida.
When he walks the hospital’s CFO to the parking lot, she ends up dead, and he wakes up on a stretcher. The police question whether he was a true victim of the crime.
Tony discovers evidence of embezzlement from the hospital. His accusations draw fire from hospital management and get him noticed by the criminals. Cops and thugs are after him, and he must use his political savvy and martial arts skills to stay not only employed, but alive—and in one piece.
Meanwhile, he needs to make time to get a personal life.
When he walks the hospital’s CFO to the parking lot, she ends up dead, and he wakes up on a stretcher. The police question whether he was a true victim of the crime.
Tony discovers evidence of embezzlement from the hospital. His accusations draw fire from hospital management and get him noticed by the criminals. Cops and thugs are after him, and he must use his political savvy and martial arts skills to stay not only employed, but alive—and in one piece.
Meanwhile, he needs to make time to get a personal life.
278 pages, Paperback
Published February 4, 2016
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Gregg E. Brickman
10 books22 followersI'm a registered nurse, former nursing instructor, and writer of mysteries featuring skillful, caring, and courageous nurses.
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June 5, 2016
Tony Conte is the emergency department's nursing manager at Sawgrass Medical Center in South Florida. A former Special Forces medic and martial arts expert, he doesn't seem a likely target for attack in the hospital parking lot. Yet, after the attack, he wakes up on a stretcher and the hospital's CFO, whom he was walking to her car, is dead. Tony becomes a person of interest in the investigation into her murder.
When Tony finds that someone has been embezzling money from the hospital, his questions anger the management and bring him unwanted attention from criminals. Having law officers and thugs after him, he must call on all of his talents to keep his job, and, perhaps, his life.
In Tony Conte, Gregg E. Brickman has created an admirable, smart, sharp, and sympathetic protagonist. A widower with three children, Tony faces huge demands on his time from home life and his career, without the added burdens of recovering from serious injury and solving a murder. He handles it all in a most believable fashion, bringing his combined brains and brawn to the task.
I particularly enjoyed the verisimilitude that Brickman brings to the several settings in which Tony functions. His family life at home with his Italian mother and the children seems very real to me. The hospital scenes reflect the author's many years as in the nursing profession. The romance which develops between Tony and Laurie, a nurse on staff, is charming and adds another dimension to the protagonist and this thoroughly enjoyable and suspenseful mystery. Highly recommended.
When Tony finds that someone has been embezzling money from the hospital, his questions anger the management and bring him unwanted attention from criminals. Having law officers and thugs after him, he must call on all of his talents to keep his job, and, perhaps, his life.
In Tony Conte, Gregg E. Brickman has created an admirable, smart, sharp, and sympathetic protagonist. A widower with three children, Tony faces huge demands on his time from home life and his career, without the added burdens of recovering from serious injury and solving a murder. He handles it all in a most believable fashion, bringing his combined brains and brawn to the task.
I particularly enjoyed the verisimilitude that Brickman brings to the several settings in which Tony functions. His family life at home with his Italian mother and the children seems very real to me. The hospital scenes reflect the author's many years as in the nursing profession. The romance which develops between Tony and Laurie, a nurse on staff, is charming and adds another dimension to the protagonist and this thoroughly enjoyable and suspenseful mystery. Highly recommended.
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