Review – Fatal Trauma

When Dr. Mark Baker and Nurse Kelly Atkinson are held at the mercy of a dangerous gunman, the lives of every emergency room patient are at stake. At the end of the evening three men are dead. One of them is a police officer who couldn’t be saved despite Mark’s best efforts. The other two are members of the feared Zeta drug cartel.

Though the standoff is over, the killing is not, because when the drug cartel loses its members, revenge is not far behind. Facing an adversary whose desires are dark and efforts are ruthless, Mark finds himself under suspicion as a killer, yet still a potential victim. When he turns to his high school sweetheart, attorney Gwen Woodruff, for help, Kelly helplessly looks on, as she hides her own feelings for the good doctor.

At the height of the conflict, three questions remain: Who is the shooter? Who will the next victim be? And can Mark prove his innocence before the gun turns on him?

Dr. Mark Baker was in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

He was at work.  In the busy Emergency Room at busy Memorial Hospital.  That’s where it all started, and that’s where his life abruptly changed.

He just didn’t know it yet.

Writing in his traditional (read “edge of the seat, pulse-pounding suspense”) style, Dr. Richard Mabry brings his technical skills as a retired physician to yet another page-turner.   As the book deals with life and death on various levels, Dr. Mabry also brings his faith.

Demonstrating once again that faith and life do not have to live in separate compartments, author Richard Mabry tells the tale of life and death, winning and losing, and most of all . . . the tale of love.  Love for one another, and God’s love for all humanity.

He doesn’t preach.  He doesn’t teach.  He is a master at Show and Tell.  A game that we all enjoyed when we were growing up has become a vehicle for entertaining readers, and impacting their lives.  And they don’t even know it, yet!

5 stars for another inspirational journey from Dr. Richard L. Mabry!