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The Truth Will Be Revealed: Posed for Death

Ready for another riveting medical mystery from the Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller series?

In Posed for Death, Dr. Kenzie Kirsch, Medical Examiner’s Assistant, is uncovering mysteries, conspiracies, and thrills! Discover what happens when Kenzie starts asking questions about elder care legislation.

As Kenzie delves deeper into the case, she discovers that there is much more at stake than just the fate of a single individual. With her keen eye for detail and unwavering determination, she must navigate a landscape of politics, power, and greed to uncover the truth.

Posed for Death is a gripping and suspenseful novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. With its intricate plot, well-drawn characters, and expertly crafted suspense, this book is sure to be a hit with fans of medical thrillers and mystery novels alike. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride with Dr. Kenzie Kirsch!

If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position as she uses her medical expertise to solve complex mysteries and bring justice to those who have been wronged.

If you’re reading the two series in chronological order, be sure to check out this timeline.

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From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!

Getting old shouldn’t be a death sentence

Kenzie thought she had a pretty good understanding of aging and elder care. She was a medical professional, after all. But when her postmortem findings cause her to look more deeply into the sometimes dark world of elder care, she is forced to reconsider.

When she starts asking questions about legislation and regulation, things get nasty.

Kenzie could just do what she’s told and stop asking questions.

But when was the last time she did that?

I highly recommend this riveting thriller to anyone who enjoys well-edited, carefully researched stories featuring relatable and interesting characters. I am looking forward to the next-in-series.

If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.

Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings you an up-and-coming Medical Examiner’s Assistant who is right up your alley.

Join Dr. Kenzie Kirsch as she uncovers mysteries, conspiracies, and thrills!

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 Well written book with great characters, as always, and this time with very interesting topics that concern every one of us. The author manages to illuminate several problems from different sides like in a master’s thesis, but everything is wrapped into an entertaining story. Excellent!

Another outstanding story. 

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“Home is where the evil comes face to face…”

When Sergeant Hobbs gets injured in a shootout, he requests for a transfer back to his hometown where things are quite and happenings are just not happening.

Back in his hometown, Sergeant Hobbs with his wife Carrie, was expecting some peaceful time away from the action. But when he is allotted with the case of a dead real estate developer, things start heating up.

On the outset, the murder looks like a suicide of an old, lonely man. A rather open and shut case. But when Sergeant Hobbs begins to investigate, a series of events threatens to disrupt his personal and professional life.

Will Sergeant Hobbs get to the bottom of the mystery or end up succumbing to the evil lurking in his own hometown? Read this exhilarating police procedural to know about it.

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Medical Examiner Dr. Giselle Norwood has stumbled upon a serial killer… or two.

The streets of Washington, D.C. have never been the safest, but now they run red. After the murder of a high-profile political figure, the public is demanding answers. All signs point to a single killer stalking the citizens. But the facts don’t align, and the good doctor isn’t convinced.

With help from FBI agent Andre Winters, Giselle must excise the truth no matter how bloody. In their pursuit for answers, the duo soon realize they are in over their heads. As the case heats up, Andre and Giselle can’t deny their growing affection for each other despite the obvious risks.

With time running out and a killer on their heels, they will be forced to make unimaginable decisions. But will they make the right ones? Catching the murderer may cost them what they value most—each other.

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Dr. Vince DeLuca would normally take a Tito’s straight up with two olives after a ruptured ectopic pregnancy nearly flatlined a patient. Maybe follow it up with a one-night stand to chase away memories of the trauma that’s kept his life stagnant for so long.

But when he overhears one of his recovering patients—married to the CEO of a defense contractor—mumbling about “stingers,” “revenge,” and her affair with a mysterious man named Salaam, Vince’s PTSD alights. Sure, it could just be the ramblings of a woman on too much morphine, or she could be talking about the missing anti‑aircraft weapons he read about and a highly sought-after terrorist.

Vince decides to leave it to the FBI, not suspecting that they would send him Carolyn, a drop-dead gorgeous, slightly insane CIA agent who needs his help. Vince is soon thrown into the fray and finds himself both utterly in love and using everything he ever learned in his medical career—including how to clamp a subclavian artery with a zip tie—to help home in on the terrorists’ plot, but not before they discover him and come looking for blood.

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Dr. Emma Steele is shattered. The lonely doc left home to flee her black cloud and see the world. But when a wave of casualties strikes her ship, her hopes for peace are crushed.

Determined to stop the slaughter, Emma follows her gut to track the killer. But nabbing one man out of thousands is like finding a needle in a moving haystack, and she fears that her crew doomed. Can the willful doc outsmart a ruthless assassin to save her people, or will she rot in a watery grave?

Do Harm is the riveting fourth book in the ER Crimes medical thriller series. If you like strong female sleuths, fine medical details, and exotic travels, you’ll love Rada Jones MD’s engrossing tale.

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Surgeon Richard Kurtz has recently accepted the position of Chief of the Division of General Surgery at Easton Medical Center, and is not surprised to find himself dealing with a new set of problems. Still, he had been expecting those problems to be professional, not personal, and so he is taken aback when Joanna Levinson, the wife of Peter Levinson, a surgeon, asks Kurtz to speak with her husband.

Peter Levinson is disturbed. He’s not sleeping at night. He’s going out at all hours. He’s visibly distressed.

Levinson, it turns out, has reasons to be distressed. An old friend, lawyer Richie Capaldi, has suffered a traumatic brain injury. Two other old friends have vanished…and then Peter Levinson is given an ultimatum by mobster Leo Berlusconi to pay back money that Berlusconi claims Levinson owes him.

Lew Barent and Harry Moran are investigating the assault on Richie Capaldi and Kurtz has information that might help them solve the case.

Kurtz is not a cop, as his cop friends keep reminding him, and he has no desire to interfere with a police investigation, but Kurtz has never run from a fight, and when the threats against Peter Levinson escalate, Kurtz, Barent and Moran find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy involving prostitution, fraud, blackmail and long-simmering revenge.

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Booked to Die: A Page-Turner with a Unique Twist

Last week was Living Donor Day! Find out more about organ donation in last week’s blog post and Unlawful Harvest, the first book in the Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller series.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.

Booked to Die by John Dunning is the first book in the Cliff Janeway series. Janeway is a homicide cop with a personal vendetta against a man he knows to be a serial killer, but who keeps slipping through his fingers. He is on the hunt for the person responsible for the death of a book scout, who initially appeared to be another victim of the serial killer but was not. Janeway is a book collector himself and knows a lot of the players in the book sale business in the town, and he starts to make his rounds. But things happen and he ends up out of the police force and setting up shop as a bookseller.

What makes Booked to Die a compelling read is the author’s attention to detail when it comes to the rare book industry. Dunning’s experience as a Denver Post police reporter in the 1970s and his ongoing involvement in the used and rare book trade served as the inspiration for the Cliff Janeway novels. As a result, readers get a glimpse into the inner workings of the book sale business, which adds an extra layer of intrigue to the murder mystery.

I am still unwinding this mystery, but I would not hesitate to pick up another in the series.

This is the story of a dead man, how he got that way, and what happened to some other people because of his death.

John Dunning, Booked to Die

Summary

Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he’s an avid collector of rare and first editions. Bobby Westfall is a local bookscout, a gentle and quiet man who has sold enough valuable books to keep himself and his cats fed and housed. When Bobby is murdered, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect’s spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway’s wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge.

Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop—all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. When prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now Janeway’s life is about to change in profound and shocking ways as he attempts to find out who’s dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains.

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June & Justin (Spanish)

by P.D. Workman


Translator: Lia Garcia
Series: Entre las Grietas #2
Genres: Spanish

eBook Price: $ 5.99 USD
Paperback Price: $ 19.95 USD


Retailers June & Justin

Justin había cometido un error.

Justin había cometido un error. Un gran error que cambia la vida.

Ya le falló a junio una vez. Él no estuvo allí cuando ella lo necesitó y, gracias a él, sus vidas nunca volverán a ser las mismas. June lo es todo para Justin, y él debe serlo todo para ella. Debe proteger a June a toda costa. Justin está preparado para pasar el resto de su vida evitando que ella vuelva a lastimarse.

Pero parece que siempre se están quedando atrás, apenas un paso por delante de las pesadillas.

Siempre hay un peligro más, a la vuelta de la esquina.

Also available in English

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Unlawful Harvest and Living Donor Day

April 11 this week was Living Donor Day to raise awareness for living organ donor transplants.

Kidneys are one of the most common living organ donations. Believe it or not, the first successful kidney transplant performed on humans was done in 1954. (Animal donations go back as far as 1902!) In the US, annual kidney donations top 25,000 per year, but this is far below the number actually needed.

Other tissue and organ donations that can be made by living donors include lungs, part of the liver, bone marrow, skin, bone, and blood components.

WAYS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL LIVING DONOR DAYVisit with your physician to begin the steps to becoming a living donor.Support organizations that help find matches for those on the national donor list.Help out a family who is recovering from a donor surgery.Hold a fundraiser to alleviate costs for a living donor or recipient of a donor surgery.Learn about the different types of organs and tissue a living donor can give.Honor and support the transplant medical professionals and health systems that make living organ donation possible.Share your story about becoming a living donor or receiving an organ donation on social media using #NationalLivingDonorDay.

NATIONAL LIVING DONOR DAY | April 11 – National Day Calendar

In honor of Living Donor Day, I am putting Unlawful Harvest on sale for one day only at $2.99 at Google Play and my estore. Grab it today, because tomorrow it will be back to full price!

Unlawful Harvest is the first book in the A Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller series. I have just release book #5 in the series, Rushin’ Death, and book #6 and 7 are available for preorder. If you enjoy medical mysteries, Robin Cook, or Bones or CSI, you will enjoy this series! Kenzie Kirsch started out as a secondary character in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, and Unlawful Harvest is her origin story.

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Unlawful Harvest is a Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller. If you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, then you have met Kenzie Kirsch, who works in the medical examiner’s office. 

This story will take you back to before Kenzie started medical school, to the case that first attracted her to medical investigation. 

When an Urban Legend becomes reality

Kenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn’t really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to sit on, fundraisers to support, but she could pick and choose what she wanted to do and how busy she wanted to be. 

When she set out to find out why her sister Amanda was so ill, she had no idea where her amateur investigation would take her. Amanda’s illness had never been discussed. Amanda deserved her privacy. 

As Kenzie’s questions take her deeper and deeper into the murky world of transplant tourism, Kenzie starts to wonder just what her parents have been covering up, and who else’s life might hang in the balance.

I enjoyed the fast pace of the story which kept me flipping pages late into the night. It is one of those books you just don’t want to put down until you have read the very last word. If you enjoy suspense, intrigue, family drama, spell-binding imagery and great character development, you will absolutely enjoy reading this book.

If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.

Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings you an up-and-coming Medical Examiner’s Assistant who is right up your alley.

Join Dr. Kenzie Kirsch as she uncovers mysteries, conspiracies, and thrills!

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Unlawful Harvest on Sale for Living Donor Day

April 11 this week was Living Donor Day to raise awareness for living organ donor transplants.

Kidneys are one of the most common living organ donations. Believe it or not, the first successful kidney transplant performed on humans was done in 1954. (Animal donations go back as far as 1902!) In the US, annual kidney donations top 25,000 per year, but this is far below the number actually needed.

Other tissue and organ donations that can be made by living donors include lungs, part of the liver, bone marrow, skin, bone, and blood components.

WAYS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL LIVING DONOR DAYVisit with your physician to begin the steps to becoming a living donor.Support organizations that help find matches for those on the national donor list.Help out a family who is recovering from a donor surgery.Hold a fundraiser to alleviate costs for a living donor or recipient of a donor surgery.Learn about the different types of organs and tissue a living donor can give.Honor and support the transplant medical professionals and health systems that make living organ donation possible.Share your story about becoming a living donor or receiving an organ donation on social media using #NationalLivingDonorDay.

NATIONAL LIVING DONOR DAY | April 11 – National Day Calendar

In honor of Living Donor Day, I am putting Unlawful Harvest on sale for one day only at $2.99 at Google Play and my estore. Grab it today, because tomorrow it will be back to full price!

Unlawful Harvest is the first book in the A Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller #1series. I have just release book #5 in the series, Rushin’ Death, and book #6 and 7 are available for preorder. If you enjoy medical mysteries, Robin Cook, or Bones or CSI, you will enjoy this series! Kenzie Kirsch started out as a secondary character in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, and Unlawful Harvest is her origin story.

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Unlawful Harvest is a Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller. If you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, then you have met Kenzie Kirsch, who works in the medical examiner’s office. 

This story will take you back to before Kenzie started medical school, to the case that first attracted her to medical investigation. 

When an Urban Legend becomes reality

Kenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn’t really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to sit on, fundraisers to support, but she could pick and choose what she wanted to do and how busy she wanted to be. 

When she set out to find out why her sister Amanda was so ill, she had no idea where her amateur investigation would take her. Amanda’s illness had never been discussed. Amanda deserved her privacy. 

As Kenzie’s questions take her deeper and deeper into the murky world of transplant tourism, Kenzie starts to wonder just what her parents have been covering up, and who else’s life might hang in the balance.

I enjoyed the fast pace of the story which kept me flipping pages late into the night. It is one of those books you just don’t want to put down until you have read the very last word. If you enjoy suspense, intrigue, family drama, spell-binding imagery and great character development, you will absolutely enjoy reading this book.

If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.

Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings you an up-and-coming Medical Examiner’s Assistant who is right up your alley.

Join Dr. Kenzie Kirsch as she uncovers mysteries, conspiracies, and thrills!

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Μην ξεχνάς τον Στίβεν

by P.D. Workman


Translator: Catherine Zouganeli
Genres: Greek




Retailers Μην ξεχνάς τον Στίβεν

Ποτέ δεν αποκάλυπτε τι συνέβαινε πίσω από τις κλειστές πόρτες. Αλλά αυτή τη φορά, του είναι αδύνατον να θυμηθεί.

Τα πράγματα δεν ήταν ποτέ εύκολα για τον Στίβεν. Αυτό το αποδέχεται και κάνει ό,τι καλύτερο μπορεί. Μπορεί να μην έχει γονείς ή ένα ευτυχισμένο σπίτι ή αρκετά για να φάει τις περισσότερες μέρες. Αλλά τουλάχιστον έχει μερικούς πιστούς φίλους που του συμπαραστέκονται και τον βοηθούν όταν μπορούν. Και τουλάχιστον έχει σχολείο, ένα μέρος όπου μπορεί να πηγαίνει για να ξεφεύγει από την κακοποίηση.

Αλλά εκεί που νόμιζε ότι τα πράγματα δεν μπορούσαν να γίνουν χειρότερα, έγιναν.

Ο Στίβεν κατηγορείται για φόνο. Αλλά αυτό δεν είναι το χειρότερο. Το πραγματικά κακό είναι ότι δεν ξέρει καν αν τον έκανε αυτό το φόνο.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH

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Perseguido por el Pasado

by P.D. Workman


Translator: Cristina García
Genres: Spanish




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Perseguido por el pasado es un libro lleno de drama y suspenso. Envía un fuerte mensaje sobre la importancia de confiar en tus instintos y lo que puede pasar si no lo haces

Vanna tuvo una buena vida. Tenía sus desafíos, como las altas expectativas que su madre tenía de ella, pero en general, tenía un trabajo que disfrutaba, un pasatiempo divertido y amigos. Ella no necesitaba ninguna complicación.

Pero todo eso cambió poco después de intentar romper con Tino. El teléfono llama sin nadie al otro lado. Regalos anónimos. Alguien moviendo cosas en su dormitorio.

Una orden de restricción no cambió nada. En todo caso, hizo que las cosas se intensificaran. Si Vanna quiere recuperar su vida, tendrá que tomar las cosas en sus propias manos. Perseguidos por el pasado es un apasionante thriller psicológico en el que el villano no es un vampiro ni monstruo, sino una sombra oscura del pasado. Es una pesadilla que te puede pasar a ti. ¿Cómo te adaptarías y sobrevivirías?

Elogio de Perseguidos Por El Pasado

“¿Qué haces cuando te enfrentas a un acosador maníaco? ¿Alguien a quien no querías conocer o con quien no querías tener nada que ver? Perseguido por el pasado es una historia maravillosa, intensa y al borde de tu asiento sobre eso”. Ser perseguido por tu pasado…”

“Disfruté mucho leyendo Perseguido por el pasado y descubrí que no quería dejarlo”.

Elogio Para P. D. Workman

“Cada uno de libros de P.D. Workman me han hablado de una manera que nadie o casi nada más lo ha hecho. Y he encontrado fuerza en los libros que he leído”.

“La forma en que escribe P.D. Workman fluye asombrosamente y permite que el lector se involucre realmente en un libro”.

Also available in English

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Unraveling Secrets in I Shall Not Want

In case you have not yet read last week’s blog post: check out Celebrating Autistic Identity and observe Autism Acceptance Month by embracing neurodiversity and promoting inclusion for individuals with ASD. Shift perspectives and advocate for autistic rights. Read some autism/neurodiversity positive books!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.

I Shall Not Want is book number six in Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne mysteries series. I have not read the other books in the series, but have had enough information in this episode to read it as a stand alone. It is a good thriller and I would be inclined to read any of the other books in the series.

The characters are unique and well-developed. The mystery has been suspenseful and twisty, and they are getting close to solving it. And there is a strong romantic subplot for those who are looking for it.

Three—well, four, now—murders is certainly enough to grab anyone’s attention. What is going on in this small community that they have not figured out until now?

I have to confess, I am not fond of a flash-forward prologue. The book starts with a high-octane shootout scene, but it’s unclear what is happening or how the characters got there. Then, with a man dying on the ground, the reader is thrown back into the “six months previous” main storyline, with no explanation of how the gunfight ties into the larger narrative.

Thank you … For calling it decisiveness instead of ‘jumping in without thinking things through!’

Julia Spencer-Fleming, I Shall Not Want

Summary

In the searing conclusion to All Mortal Flesh, Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne’s precarious balance between duty and desire was broken by his wife’s tragic death. Now, Russ and Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson are separated by a wall of guilt and grief. When a farmhand stumbles over a body, Clare is reluctantly drawn into the investigation through her involvement with the migrant community. The discovery of two more bodies could mean a serial killer is on the loose. As spring turns into summer, Russ is plagued by media hysteria, conflict within the police department, and a series of baffling assaults.

Throughout the escalating tensions, emotions are fueled as Russ and Clare find themselves seeking each other out, even as they intend to keep distant.

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From Stigma to Strength: Celebrating Autistic Identity

April is Autism Acceptance Month, a month-long observance that should be used to promote acceptance and inclusion for individuals with ASD. Neurodivergence theory teaches that we should accept people for how their brains work, no matter how much they diverge from the norm.

As one of the characters says in His Hands Were Quiet:

Do you have any idea what it feels like to be punished for who you are? For the way your brain was formed? Something you have absolutely no control over?

P.D. Workman, His Hands Were Quiet

And then again later:

Maybe just because our brains are different, that doesn’t mean that we are defective. That we need to be reprogrammed somehow.

P.D. Workman, His Hands Were Quiet

Instead of pathologizing autistic behavior, can we celebrate and accommodate it? Can we recognize the strengths and talents of autistic individuals and provide them with the support and resources they need to thrive? Maybe we can listen to their experiences and perspectives, and create inclusive and accessible environments that value diversity and promote acceptance and understanding.

It can be challenging to unpack the preconceptions, biases, and ableism that we have grown up with. Hard to come to an understanding of the fact that looking normal is not the goal in life. That a rainbow of ways of learning, thinking, communicating, and acting is a good thing. Accommodating different learning styles, communication, socialization, and behaviors benefits everyone, not just those most easily identified as different.

We especially need to listen to and value the experiences and perspectives of neurodivergent individuals rather than assuming that professionals like doctors and therapists know best. We need to create spaces and platforms where they can share their stories, express their opinions, and contribute to the broader discourse on neurodiversity. We must amplify their voices and advocate for their rights.

More Blog Posts

I have previously written a number of blog posts on autism awareness and other perspectives. Please stay a while and check them out.

Starting with Autism Awareness

Autism Awareness During Crisis

Autism Acceptance Month

Autism Acceptance: Reading about Intersectionality

Happy Autistic Pride Day

The International Day of the Stim

Excerpt from Neurotribes

Tracking a Killer in Blind Search

Books to Read

In addition to the suggestions in the above articles, here are some autism/neurodiversity-positive books you may want to add to your reading list, with a focus on as many #ownvoices as possible.

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He’s better off dead anyway.

Hired to investigate the death of an autistic boy in a treatment facility, PI Zachary Goldman is concerned about the therapies he sees there. While he is assured that the children there are not actually being hurt, his investigation leads to the discovery of even deeper institutional abuses.

Battling the ghosts of his own past, Zachary fights to uncover the facility’s dark secrets and to get as many children as he can out of harm’s way.

The way that PD Workman showed the autistic perspective in contrast to the mainstream views about us was lovely. I appreciated it more than I can express in words. She did thorough research on multiple sides of the issue and it shows. She gives multiple autistic perspectives, not just one, and the way they were presented brought me to tears multiple times … The story itself was a solid mystery with many exciting twists and turns along the way. Even if I wasn’t personally invested in the topic (being autistic myself and having autistic children), I still would’ve enjoyed it as a mystery. I’m extremely likely to pick up more of her books now that I’ve read this one!

Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F. Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues.

Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit.

Even with his own life in shambles, Zachary Goldman is still the one you want on the case.

Investigate this P.I. mystery now!

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The way that PD Workman showed the autistic perspective in contrast to the mainstream views about us was lovely. I appreciated it more than I can express in words. She did thorough research on multiple sides of the issue and it shows. She gives multiple autistic perspectives, not just one, and the way they were presented brought me to tears multiple times …  The story itself was a solid mystery with many exciting twists and turns along the way. Even if I wasn’t personally invested in the topic (being autistic myself and having autistic children), I still would’ve enjoyed it as a mystery. I’m extremely likely to pick up more of her books now that I’ve read this one!

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Caleb, an autistic teen is mistakenly arrested.
Bad turns to worse when he is then apprehended from his family by DFS.

His mother could never have predicted the chain of events in a million years.

In trying to protect him, DFS has actually put Caleb in harm’s way.

”Yet another winner for PD Workman. I’m amazed that this lady isn’t acknowledged more. She writes about very serious subjects and is an advocate for mental health.”

Once again, Gabriel and Renata have teamed up to right injustice and to get Caleb to safety. But Andrew Searle is on the case, and it’s his job to see that they don’t succeed and that Caleb remains in foster care.

Ripped from the headlines, you won’t want to miss this intriguing plot!

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Just like every other P.D. Workman book I’ve ever read, the gritty, raw realism of Toxo does an absolutely incredible job of taking my breath away.

Britt, Goodreads reviewer

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From award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman

Micah lived a quiet, comfortable life, her involvement in law enforcement limited to the composite pictures that she produced with her computer and colored pencils.

But everything is turned upside down when she involves herself in the case of an infant found abandoned in the Sweetgrass Hills.

With the help of her knowledge of DNA and law enforcement contacts across the country, Micah is closing in on a killer. But her investigation draws the killer’s attention, and she finds herself in the middle of an operation that could mean the end of her career—or worse, her life.

This cosy thriller with a neurodivergent, aro-ace MC will keep you turning the pages long after you should have logged into your day job. Oops.

Love CSI and other forensic mysteries? Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author brings you this fresh new nail-biter for your next read.

Join Micah as she picks up her pencils and starts on a new case.

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“P. D. Workman has outdone herself with this riveting techno-thriller featuring Micah Miller, a forensic artist specializing in composite renderings based on forensic DNA phenotyping … This book offers plenty of thrills, chills, suspense and white-knuckled tension as the plot unfolds and it kept me turning pages until late into the night. The story is clean and well-written, the plot is fascinating, the pace is relentless and the characters are realistic and relatable. I highly recommend this absorbing and thoroughly enjoyable thriller to anyone who favors CSI, NCIS, Cold Case, Forensic Files or any high-tech inspired crime-solving theme.”

—Kim, Goodreads reviewer

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After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. The fact that he’d even fathered a child was news to him. Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour workweek and becoming responsible for another human being, but also Kyle has autism. Enter the school system and a shaky beginning. Under the guidance of a gifted teacher, Ben and Kyle take tentative steps to becoming father and son.

Teacher Melanie Nicols sees Ben as a deadbeat dad, but grudgingly comes to admire how he hangs in, determined to learn for his son’s sake. Her admiration grows to more as father and son come to rely on Melanie being a part of their lives.

When parents receive the news that their child has autism, they spend countless hours researching the subject, usually at night, after an exhausting day. Teachers, when they hear that they’ll have a student with an autism spectrum disorder, also try to learn as much as they can. This novel was written for such parents and teachers – an entertaining read that’s fun, yet still offers strategies and information on autism.

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FIVE friends go to a cabin.

FOUR of them are hiding secrets.

THREE years of history bind them.

TWO are doomed from the start.

ONE person wants to end this.

NO ONE IS SAFE.

Five friends take a trip to a cabin. It’s supposed to be one last getaway before going their separate ways―a chance to say goodbye to each other, and to the game they’ve been playing for the past three years. But they’re all dealing with their own demons, and they’re all hiding secrets.

And as they start to play the murder mystery game that brought them together in the first place, the lines between the game and reality blend, with deadly consequences. Someone knows their secrets. Someone wants to make them pay. Soon, it’s a race against time before it’s game over―forever.

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One million cloned soldiers. A nation imprisoned. A group of neurodiverse rebels fighting back.

Britain as we know it lies destroyed. In the aftermath of the most daring military coup in history, the surviving population is crammed inside giant Citadels, watched over by an army of cloned soldiers. The hope of a nation lies in a tiny number of freedom fighters hidden in the abandoned countryside – most of whom are teenagers who escaped the attack on their special school.

Seen by many as no more than misfits and `problem children’, this band of fighters could never have imagined the responsibility that now rests on their shoulders. But perhaps this war needs a different kind of hero.

After a lifetime of being defined by their weaknesses, the teenagers must learn how to play to their strengths, and become the best they can be in a world that has never been on their side.

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A sensory portrait of an autistic mind

From childhood, Laura James knew she was different. She struggled to cope in a world that often made no sense to her, as though her brain had its own operating system. It wasn’t until she reached her forties that she found out why: Suddenly and surprisingly, she was diagnosed with autism.

With a touching and searing honesty, Laura challenges everything we think we know about what it means to be autistic. Married with four children and a successful journalist, Laura examines the ways in which autism has shaped her career, her approach to motherhood, and her closest relationships. Laura’s upbeat, witty writing offers new insight into the day-to-day struggles of living with autism, as her extreme attention to sensory detail — a common aspect of her autism — is fascinating to observe through her eyes.

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The Hope Juvenile Treatment Center is ironically named. No one has hope for the delinquent teenagers who have been exiled there; the world barely acknowledges that they exist.

Then the guards at Hope start acting strange. And one day…they don’t show up. But when the teens band together to make a break from the facility, they encounter soldiers outside the gates. There’s a rapidly spreading infectious disease outside, and no one can leave their houses or travel without a permit. Which means that they’re stuck at Hope. And this time, no one is watching out for them at all.

As supplies quickly dwindle and a deadly plague tears through their ranks, the group has to decide whom among them they can trust and figure out how they can survive in a world that has never wanted them in the first place.

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Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story.
 
For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy.

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A funny-serious story about what happens when you stop trying to be the person other people expect you to be and give yourself a go.

Erin is looking forward to Schoolies, at least she thinks she is. But things are not going to plan. Life is getting messy, and for Erin, who is autistic, that’s a big problem. She’s lost her job at Surf Zone after an incident that clearly was not her fault. Her driving test went badly even though she followed the instructions perfectly. Her boyfriend is not turning out to be the romantic type. And she’s missing her brother, Rudy, who left almost a year ago.

But now that she’s writing letters to him, some things are beginning to make just a tiny bit of sense.

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As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she’s earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test.

The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent and xenophobic people, have invented a powerful weapon that will irrevocably change the face of space combat. Now the Starsystems Alliance has called in Xandri and the crew of the Carpathia to mediate. The Alliance won’t risk the weapon falling into enemy hands, and if Xandri can’t bring the Anmerilli into the fold, the consequences will be dire.

Amidst sabotage, assassination attempts, and rampant cronyism, Xandri struggles to convince the doubtful and ornery Anmerilli. Worse, she’s beginning to suspect that not everyone on her side is really working to make the alliance a success. As tensions rise and tempers threaten to boil over, Xandri must focus all her energy into understanding the one species that has always been beyond her: her own.

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Can two broken boys find their perfect home? By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is a gorgeously told, powerful story.

Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he’s ever known. Now Sam’s trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he’s caught out when a family returns home. To his amazement this large, chaotic family takes him under their wing – each teenager assuming Sam is a friend of another sibling. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful Moxie.

But Sam has a secret, and his past is about to catch up with him.

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Aging with Attitude: Geezer-Lit Mysteries

Ever feel like a fictional character was just too good to be believed? Check out my blog post on Kenzie Kirsch, secondary character in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series and the protagonist in the spin-off series Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers. Some people might think that Kenzie is a saint, but she has her own flaws!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.

Retirement Homes are Murder is the first book in the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series by Mike Befeler. This book is a fun and lighthearted mystery that follows several senior characters in an old age home who become embroiled in a murder investigation. The protagonist, Paul Jacobson, suffers from a unique form of amnesia that causes him to forget anything that happened in the past five years if he falls asleep. His fellow residents also struggle with various afflictions of old age, including macular degeneration and incontinence.

The plot centers around Paul, who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man he knew before moving into the retirement home. The police believe that Paul had a strong motive for the murder, and he must work to clear his name and find the true culprit.

While Retirement Homes are Murder is often classified as a cozy mystery, readers should be aware that it contains some explicit language and an explicit sex scene. However, the book is still humorous and features an amateur sleuth, making it an enjoyable read for fans of the genre. Overall, this book is a unique and entertaining addition to the world of geezer-lit mysteries.

“I’m Paul Jacobson,” I said.
“I know,” the white-bearded man said. “We met yesterday.”

Mike Befeler, Retirement Homes Are Murder

What is “geezer lit”?

The term geezer lit may have been coined by Mike Befeler. I don’t see it being used on many other books. As you might guess, geezer lit refers to books that feature older male protagonists dealing with the challenges and joys of aging. Geezer lit explores themes such as retirement, loss, illness, and relationships with family and friends. It is often characterized by a wry sense of humor and a focus on the everyday struggles and triumphs of older men.

Books shelved on Goodreads as Geezer lit

Interview with Mike Befeler: Older People Make Great Characters

I previously wrote about Martha’s Vineyard, another mystery with an elderly protagonist, this one a woman. Maybe they are becoming more popular.

Summary

Remembering nothing from the day before, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect when he finds a dead body in the trash chute of a retirement home.

As Paul’s snooping and short-term memory loss get him in trouble with the local police, his new friends and granddaughter Jennifer help him solve an expanding list of crimes. Paul finds romance as he struggles to escape a murderer intent on a repeat performance.

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