Unnatural Causes: A Dr. Katie LeClair Mystery

by Dawn Eastman Narrated by Amanda Dolan

Overview

Katie LeClair has finally settled down as the new doctor in Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing more than to find a place she can call home, and a small town outside of Ann Arbor seems perfect.

Katie quickly gets to work in building a life for herself in Baxter, and beyond reviving her love life, she also finds a pair of business partners in a team of father and son family practitioners. But that idyllic dream is immediately shattered when one of her patients is found dead. That wouldn't be the worst thing, except the death is ruled a suicide, and as evidence has it, the suicide was a result of the medication Katie had prescribed. But she doesn't remember writing it.

When a closer investigation reveals it was murder, Katie is catapulted into an off-the-books investigation that leads her down a dark path of past secrets. But someone is willing to kill to keep part of the town's history in the shadows, and Katie must race to find out who before it's too late.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

10/02/2017
At the start of this solid series launch from Eastman (An Unhappy Medium), Dr. Katie LeClair, who has settled fresh from her residency into a family clinic in rural Baxter, Mich., is summoned to the local community hospital, where she discovers that a patient of hers, Ellen Riley, is close to death after an overdose. Katie is horrified to learn that the medication Ellen overdosed on was prescribed by her, but she has no memory of prescribing it. After Ellen’s death, the police rule it a homicide. Despite warnings from police chief John Larson, Katie sets out to discover who wanted Ellen dead, with the help of her computer-whiz brother. Could a fellow doctor have been the culprit? Danger mounts as Katie looks into the problems at the clinic and discovers that even the most tranquil small town has a dark side. Readers will look forward to seeing more of the appealing Katie. Agent: Sharon Bowers, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management. (Dec.)

From the Publisher

Praise for Unnatural Causes:
“A highly recommended read...Dawn Eastman has created a strong and appealing new heroine to the thriller mystery genre.”
—NY Journal of Books

“A fascinating murder mystery...Unnatural Causes pulled me in and didn’t let go.”
—Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Shadows

“Absorbing, with unexpected twists and turns...A can’t-put-down story that grabbed me from the first page.”
-Carla Neggers, New York Times bestselling author of Thief’s Mark

"A stellar whodunit."
—Melinda Leigh, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

"With an engaging protagonist and keen insights into the day-to-day operations of a small-town medical community, Eastman strikes all the right notes for a suspenseful series launch. Highly readable!"
—Sophie Littlefield, national bestselling author

“[A] solid series launch...Readers will look forward to seeing more of the appealing Katie.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Eastman introduces a strong new heroine who has her hands full with a large cast of potential killers.”
—Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Dawn Eastman:
"Eastman is fabulous!"
- Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Library Lover’s mysteries, the Cupcake Bakery mysteries, and the Hat Shop mysteries on A Pall in the Family

Kirkus Reviews

2017-09-18
A murder allows a doctor to hone detective skills as logical as they are improbable.Dr. Katie LeClair has joined the father-son medical team of Emmett and Nick Hawkins in small-town Michigan. Ellen Riley, one of her patients, has been rushed to the hospital, where she dies from an apparent overdose of diazepam. The doctor in charge is Matt Gregor, who tells her the prescription for diazepam had Katie's name on it. Unless she's losing her mind, though, Katie knows she didn't write it. Both Ellen's daughter, Beth, and her second husband, Christopher, were unaware that she was taking any drugs and are certain she didn't kill herself. Unfortunately for police chief John Carlson, the whole affair seemed so obvious that Ellen's home was not treated as a crime scene. But an autopsy showing that she died from an overdose of injected Demerol changes the picture. Katie, agreeing to help Beth look into the death, finds that the skills she's learned to diagnose diseases are remarkably similar to those a detective needs. Although she's barely gotten over an affair gone wrong, she finds herself attracted to Dr. Gregor, who shows signs of reciprocal interest. In truth, Katie barely has time for a love life between hunting for clues to Ellen's murder and trying to keep up at the clinic in the frequent absences of Nick, who was supposed to be on call the night of the murder. Searching the files for information on prescriptions and taking on Nick's pain clinic, Katie realizes that there are discrepancies in the drug supply and that many of Nick's patients seem to be getting prescriptions for painkillers they don't need. The best clue she has may be Ellen's disproportionate interest in researching color blindness. But how can she fit that into a scenario for murder?In a change from her psychic series (An Unhappy Medium, 2016, etc.), Eastman introduces a strong new heroine who has her hands full with a large cast of potential killers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169638011
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	12/12/2017
Series:	Dr. Katie LeClair Mysteries , #1
Edition description:	Unabridged

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