Bøger af Melissa Yuan-Innes

Dr. Hope Sze rolls into Montreal with three simple goals: 1) survive her family medicine residency, 2) try pain au chocolat, 3) go on a date sometime in the next two years.Then she discovers a doctor's body in the locker room.When she tries to uncover his killer, two men dive in to help her. The one man with charm to burn, the one man who makes her melt, has zero alibi.Code Blues. Because medicine can be murder. The first Hope Sze medical mystery. Written by an emergency physician trained in the crumbling corridors of Montreal, Canada.

Jimmy can talk to animals. No big deal, probably part of his Mohawk heritage. He's been doing it for the past six years, and now he's just another 14-year-old too smart for school, a.k.a. jail. But one day, Coyote tells him, "You have to go to school." She won't take no for an answer. "There's going to be trouble." Turns out a bully's slashing his way through a hit list, starting with one of the vice principals, and closing in on Jimmy himself at number four. Now Jimmy's got to protect them all--with some help from the birds and the beasts.

Dead Man Drowning.Magic? Dr. Hope Sze steers clear of magic.But when "Elvis the Escape King" chains and nails himself inside a coffin in Montreal's St. Lawrence River, he can't break free.Soon after Hope restarts his heart and saves his life, Elvis demands to know who sabotaged his stunt.And so Hope plunges into her most unconventional and most terminal adventure yet.Where the magical art of escape and the dastardly art of crime vie for centre stage, and the better man may lose. Forever."The most recent installment in a series comprised thus far of three novels and a radio play, this novel demonstrates familiarity with the conventions of mysteries without being constrained by them and with the realities of Canada's medical world. Although the tone is light, the author is not afraid to introduce darker themes. The three intertwining mysteries and Hope herself provide a narrative by turns entertaining and insightful." Publishers Weekly"Drawing on her personal experiences in the ER in Canada, Melissa has created medical thrillers that shine with authenticity and are impossible to put down." -Kris Nelscott, New York Times bestseller"Narrating in a sprightly style while sharing some of the nitty-gritty of a resident's job, Hope Sze is an utterly likeable character." -Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

A mother who burns for justice. The doctor who can't say no. And the killer who lies in wait.Dr. Hope Sze solved her first murder case a week ago-and almost got strangled in the process. Now she just wants to pass her psychiatry rotation. No more Sherlock Holmes-ing for Hope. Ever.Until her first psych patient says, "My daughter is dead. And somebody killed her."Hope can't walk away from this grieving mother. Yet how can she solve a murder that stumped Montreal's police department for the past eight years?Sifting through the cold case, Hope recruits two hot, brilliant men to their cause, one of them her ex-boyfriend, the other a doctor who could represent her future. Yet as they draw ever-closer to the truth, the killer shifts out of the shadows.This psychopath has waited eight long years to kill again.Now Hope must protect not only herself, but two innocent men and a mother who yearns for retribution.Notorious D.O.C.A psychological thriller about family ties, revenge, and the outer edge of sanity.Praise for the Hope Sze series#1 Mystery Selection by the CBC Books: Human RemainsOne of the best crime novels of the season.-CBC Radio's The Next Chapter Mystery Panel, on Stockholm Syndrome"The three intertwining mysteries and Hope herself provide a narrative by turns entertaining and insightful."-Publishers Weekly, on Terminally Ill"Narrating in a sprightly style while sharing some of the nitty-gritty of a resident's job, Hope Sze is an utterly likeable character."-Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"Drawing on her personal experiences in the ER in Canada, Yi has created medical thrillers that shine with authenticity and are impossible to put down. Code Blues provides the perfect introduction to a world we often experience, but rarely understand."-Kris Nelscott, New York Times bestseller"Melissa Yi is a talented writer."-Murder in Common

PHARAOHS'' TOMBS. ANCIENT MYTHS. MODERN-DAY MURDERDr. Hope Sze doesn''t need a free trip to Egypt.She can''t afford the flight to Cairo, or the cruise down the Nile, so she''d keep studying in Canada-except her fiancé, Dr. John Tucker, yearns to patrol the pyramids and confront the curse on King Tutankhamun''s tomb.So when a company offers them both a free stay in Cairo in exchange for a month''s work in an emergency department, Tucker lobbies for a pre-honeymoon in the Valley of Kings and Queens, investigating the windswept temple of Hatshepsut, or scuba diving in the Red Sea.Instead, within 90 minutes of arrival, Hope drops to her knees outside the Grand Egyptian Museum, desperate to save a now-comatose 87-year-old Johannesburg man who''d raved about Kruger and treasure after receiving a nail through his skull.Tucker fixates on their one chance at the legendary Kruger Millions, a rumoured fortune that many believe lies secretly stowed somewhere in South Africa.Since their combined student debt load totals half a million dollars, Tucker can''t pass up the possibility of a treasure trove in buried gold.Hope launches into her first mystery based in a birthplace of human civilization.Where the evil god Set battled righteous Horus and Isis in an 80-year war.Where wealth and power clash with political revolution.Where Antony fell in love with Cleopatra.Where Hope and Tucker must outwit, or fall prey, to a ruthless criminal mastermind.