Dying in Care

In this third book of the Davis/Fulford mystery series, a woman identified as hospital physician Martha Brooks is found stabbed to death in an Atlanta hotel room. Police detectives and sometimes lovers Wade Davis and Leda Fulford find out that the body is not that of Dr. Brooks, but oncology nurse Coretta Collins. An investigation ensues to find out who committed the crime and why Collins' murder was set up to seem as if Brooks was the victim. Davis and Fulford discover an insidious hospital practice in which terminal patients are euthanized for money. Where is Dr. Brooks, and is she involved? Dovetailing the investigation is Leda's guilt and anguish over her senile father recently having been put in a rest home. There are plenty of witnesses to the mercy-killing scam, but none of them will incriminate themselves. The prime suspect in the case ingeniously escapes from a motel room that Davis and Fulford have surrounded. They know who is behind the heartless scheme, but can't get the evidence they need to prove it. Can Davis and Fulford stop the killer before there's a next victim?