THE DR CATHY MORELAND MYSTERY SERIES
Influenced by the golden age of crime, I hope that these books will challenge and delight detective fiction fanatics. With firsthand insight into the running of a busy doctors' practice, I hope too that readers will enjoy a sneak peek behind the scenes! Being a doctor is about listening to stories and then determining a diagnosis. In many ways, it's not so different to being a detective...
DEATH BY APPOINTMENT
Book 1
A doctor retreats to the Scottish coast for a fresh start—but finds herself in harm’s way—in this compelling murder mystery.
Physician Cathy Moreland needs time to heal, having recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder while struggling with a painkiller habit. The little village of Kinnaven promises respite, but after Cathy attempts to get an opiate prescription, things don’t go well. When she discovers the body of the local Dr. Cosgrove, her sanctuary is shattered.
Before long, Cathy is swept up in local gossip about the death. Decades earlier, the cliff where Cosgrove died had been the site of another tragedy, leading some to suspicions about the doctor’s demise. But as Cathy determines to learn the truth, she will find herself in grave danger.
MURDER AND MALPRACTICE
Book 2
Dr. Cathy Moreland has recently returned to work after battling mental health challenges, but her surgery in the British countryside is simmering, as usual, with tensions. One doctor struggles to keep up with the changes in the medical field; another, ambitious and aggressive, is romantically entangled with a nurse. The newest arrival, a pharmacist, seems very competent—but his behaviour is mysterious.
When one of the doctors dies after drinking a cup of coffee, the practice is thrown into a state of suspicion and chaos. Circumstances seem to point toward one partner—but Cathy intends to examine the evidence more closely . . .
DEADLY DIAGNOSIS
Book 3
As Betty Scott is dying, she warns Dr. Cathy Moreland that danger lurks at the charity shop where she volunteers. But the only clue she provides is a reference to the now-derelict psychiatric hospital called Fernibanks. Then Betty is found dead—but not from natural causes—and Cathy is compelled to investigate.
At the charity shop, Cathy encounters several workers, some of whom raise her suspicions.
When a local man with a learning disability is arrested for Betty’s murder, a man Cathy deems an unlikely suspect, she grows more determined to find the truth. And when two people end up in hospital, the story behind the recent events—and a long-ago death—begins to emerge . . .
SHOOTING PAINS
Book 4
When a patient visits Dr. Cathy Moreland with a disturbing story of marital tension and a bruise on her upper arm, Cathy is understandably concerned. But the young woman, Fiona, refuses further help despite confiding that she’s afraid of her husband.
Cathy is more worried still when, just days later, Fiona’s husband urges her to sign his gun licence form. With no reason not to, Cathy reluctantly complies. Soon after, Cathy is horrified to hear of a death during a shooting party on a local estate. But Fiona is not the victim. Nor is Fiona’s husband the one who pulled the trigger—but it was his gun that took the victim down. Now Cathy is left questioning whether what looks like an accident is really a coincidence, and what’s been going on behind closed doors . . .
CLINICALLY DEAD
Book 5
When she pays a condolence call to a medical secretary, Sara Wiseman, Dr Cathy Moreland is a bit taken aback by the fact that Sara seems more upset about the recent suspicious death of her colleague at the hospital than the loss of her mother. But Cathy is far more taken aback when Sara’s husband later confides that he suspects Sara was having an affair with the dead doctor – and that he fears it was the least of her transgressions. Could she have had something to do with not only his demise but her own mother’s?
When the post mortem reveals the doctor had a chemical in his system that was stored in the pathology lab – and it becomes more apparent that the large amount of the toxin has gone missing – Cathy agrees to assist her friend and fellow doctor in the investigation. She can only hope she doesn’t end up in the mortuary herself…