Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! This weekend I'm participating in an online scavenger hunt that features a number of authors of Christian fiction. If you at any time need to read the instructions for the hunt, please visit
this link. Otherwise, look for the
BOLDED word in the post that follows, then go to the next link (bottom of the page).
I was hesitant to join this activity, because my latest book is almost a year old and my next one doesn't come out until this coming spring. However, it sounded like fun. What follows mirrors what you'll find at each site. Good luck.
About me: For those of you who might not know me,
I'm a retired
physician, current Vice-President of the American Christian Fiction Writers,
and the author of four published novels of medical suspense. My books have been
finalists in competitions including ACFW’s Carol Award and Romantic Times’
Inspirational Book of the Year. My latest novel, Lethal Remedy, won a 2012 Selah Award, and that's the book that will be included in the prize given to the winner of this scavenger hunt. My next medical thriller, Stress Test, releases next spring from
Thomas Nelson and Sons.
About the current book, Lethal Remedy:
Dr. Sara
Miles’ patient is on the threshold of death from an overwhelming, highly
resistant infection with
Staphylococcus luciferus, simply known to
doctors as “the killer.” Only an experimental antibiotic, developed and
administered by Sara’s ex-husband, Dr. Jack Ingersoll, can save the girl's
life. But potentially
lethal late effects from the experimental drug send Sara and her colleague, Dr.
Rip Pearson, on a hunt for hidden critical data that will let them reverse the
changes before it’s too late.
And here's a sample:
In the midnight darkness, the lamp spilled a pool of
yellow light onto the papers strewn helter-skelter over the scarred surface of
his desk. The page shook in his hand as he stared at the figures scrawled in
the margins. It all came down to this.
The man scrabbled through the mass of documents and
pulled another sheet. What was the line from Macbeth? “If it were done, ’twere
well it were done quickly.” Decision time.
He eased himself from the chair like the unfolding of a
carpenter’s rule. Do this, and he could say goodbye to this tiny office. He
envisioned a corner suite with a view—maybe even a private washroom. But
tonight the community restroom down the hall would do.
The man locked himself in a stall and dug in his pocket
for the dog-eared match folder he’d carried all day. He struck one match. It
fizzled impotently. Two more attempts before one lit. He bent it against its
fellows and the whole folder ignited. He touched the improvised torch to the
papers he held and watched as they burst into flame.
Would the smoke set off the fire alarm, activate the
sprinklers? He cursed under his breath for not thinking of that. He held the
flaming mass lower in the toilet and fanned the air furiously with his free hand.
The ashes dropped into the water, and he breathed again. He flushed twice, and
it was over.
He washed his hands, splashed water on his face, and
walked back to his office. FOR good or for evil—probably a bit of both—it was
done.
To order this or any of my books, look in the right sidebar of this post and click on the link to your favorite bookseller. Now, here's
the link to the next site in the scavenger hunt.
