The assignment: simple.
The execution: deadly.
Traveling nurse Mercy Mares is no stranger to hard work. When she accepts an assignment at a California psychiatric facility, she sure she can handle it. But her plans go awry when a surprise rainstorm, an ill-tempered security guard, and a peculiar visitor join forces to make her first day of work one she'll wish she could forget.
A barking dog, monsoon-like weather, and a minor disagreement are all in a day's work for her... until she stumbles over a body.
With no witnesses, no alibi, and no one on her side, Mercy becomes the target of the investigation.
A stranger in a new town filled with people who have every reason to kill the victim, Mercy knows her odds aren't good, but could they lead to something far more sinister?
Find out in this medical cozy mystery with small town charm and laugh-out-loud amateur sleuthing!
One-click today to find out who had the means, the know-how, and the motive to pull off a murder!
Ava Mallory - Laugh-out-loud mysteries with a side of Latin flair!
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author Ava Mallory writes inclusive, laugh-out-loud mysteries with a side of Latin flair. Her fictional characters are based on the people she knew and loved in her native Spain and the many U.S. locations she lived in after moving to the States in the late 1980s. Her characters are feisty, fun-loving, and full of life... unless they're not. (She writes mysteries after all.)
AVA is best known for her Mercy Mares traveling nurse cozy mysteries that feature a middle-aged Latina nurse who is a champion of patients and a magnet for trouble. Mercy's sidekicks are the who's who of quirky characters with big hearts - like the people Ava grew up with.
AVA earned a degree in psychology and a degree in nursing with a certification in geriatric/Alzheimer's care. She lives minutes from Chicago with three of her four children (The oldest left the nest & Ava's not been the same since.) and their Dorkie (Yorkie/Daschund) dog named Chacha, the actual Queen of the Mallory castle.