Unwitting
Erica Rosen MD Trilogy Book 2
by Deven Greene
Genre: Medical Thriller
In a burst of energy,
Porter flung the door wide open. He and Wells stormed in, Porter on the left,
Wells on the right, guns pointing down at forty-five degrees in front of them.
Almost in unison, they yelled, “Police! Freeze! Police! Freeze!”
Hearing nothing more, I
ran to the threshold and looked inside. In front of me was a large L-shaped
room, some of which was out of view. Several tables, most covered with papers,
pencils, crayons, and books, stood adjacent to the white walls decorated with
pictures. Porter was standing toward the far end of the room, facing ninety
degrees to the left, pointing his gun at someone out of my view. He yelled,
“Hands up! Hands up, or I’ll shoot!”
Why fear didn’t
overcome me at that moment, I’ll never know. I ran in to see what was
happening. The first thing I noticed was a heavyset young woman with long blond
hair splayed out, lying on the floor to Porter’s right, face-up. A sizeable
pool of coagulated blood had collected on the tan linoleum next to where her
right ear would have been had her skull been intact. Looking around, I saw
blood spatter on nearby walls and furniture. I looked back at the woman. She
looked vaguely familiar, and I surmised it was Brandy. She’d been shot or
clubbed to death. As I got closer, I looked to my left, in the direction Porter
was pointing his gun.
Bloody footprints led
from the blood pooled around the woman’s head to a handsome fair-haired boy I
estimated to be sixteen to eighteen years of age, sitting with his hands on the
tabletop, facing Porter. He appeared calm despite the gun pointed at his head
as he picked out one of the puzzle pieces in front of him and carefully placed
it in the partially completed jigsaw puzzle on the table. He seemed unperturbed
by the drops of blood sprayed over the table and puzzle.
“Don’t shoot!” I yelled
at the top of my lungs.
“Get back, Doc,” Porter
yelled, not letting his eyes stray from the suspect in front of him. “We told
you to stay put.”
“Officer, please
listen. He doesn’t understand you. Look at him. He doesn’t even seem to notice
you. He’s autistic. Let me try something.”
Unnatural
Erica Rosen MD Trilogy Book 1
"A fascinating and thought-providing medical thriller about the ethical dilemmas posed by genetic manipulation." –Best Thrillers
Dr. Erica Rosen is perplexed when she sees a young Chinese girl with blue eyes in her San Francisco pediatrics clinic. The girl's mother, Ting, is secretive, and Erica suspects she has entered the country illegally. Later, Erica encounters Ting's son and discovers he has an unusual mutation. Erica learns that Ting's children underwent embryonic stem cell gene editing as part of a secret Chinese government-run program.
The Chinese government wants to murder Ting's son to prevent others from learning about his unusual mutation and the secret gene-editing program. At Ting's urging, Erica heads to China to expose the program and rescue the infant Ting was forced to leave behind, all while attempting to evade the watchful eye of the Chinese government.
Fiction writer Deven Greene lives in the San Francisco Bay area. Ever since childhood, Deven has been interested in science. After working as a biochemist, she went back to school and became a pathologist. When writing fiction, the author usually incorporates elements of medicine or science. Deven has penned several short stories. Unnatural, Erica Rosen MD Trilogy Book 1 is the first novel the author has published. Her recently completed novel, Unwitting, is the second novel in the trilogy. She is currently completing the third novel of the trilogy, Unforeseen.
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