When anesthetist Catlyn O'Bannon travels to rural North Georgia, she expects it to be just another locum tenens assignment. She's been most everywhere, so setting up a surgery center in Martinsburg should be a piece of cake.
However, Catlyn soon discovers something odd about the anesthesiologist administrator, Dr. Morley, and another locum tenens anesthetist, Clarence Baker. The two men have very different ideas about how to run the surgery center-and they're both arrogant and rude to the kind citizens of Martinsburg.
This makes working conditions difficult, but it's nothing Catlyn can't handle. Then Dr. Morley assaults the daughter of a local pharmacist and the son of a wealthy businessman-and that's when the trouble really starts. The next thing she knows, Dr. Morley has been found dead in the hot tub of a nearby resort.
The investigation led by Senior Detective Travis Staples takes him, Catlyn and her staff, and the citizens of Martinsburg on a journey back in time- opening old wounds thought healed. As the investigation grinds to a surprising conclusion, lives are changed forever.
Some lives are fraught with hardship and some rise as the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of the Tragedy in Martinsburg.
Written with careful attention to real police procedures, Tragedy in Martinsburg is a mystery that will leave you guessing until the very end.
About the Author: Alexis Brannon has practiced anesthesia as a locum tenens provider for more than thirty years, and her practice has taken her to all fifty states. She is the author of Voyager: An Adventurer's Guide to Space-Time based on quantum physics and metaphysics. She lives in Orlando, Florida, and visits her daughter and grandchildren frequently in Kentucky.
Mike Penn is a Vietnam veteran who graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He has worked in criminal justice in many capacities, including as a parole officer, a sworn deputy sheriff, and child abuse investigation supervisor. He lives in Orlando, Florida near his sons and grandchildren.
