I represent Amy S. Peele whose debut novel, CUT: A MEDICAL MURDER MYSTERY, was released by She Writes Press on April 11, 2017.
Amy S. Peele is a nurse who became a leader in the transplant and organ donation field and wants to bring awareness to the cause through her writing. CUT: A MEDICAL MURDER MYSTERY is the first in her trilogy of "Medical Murder Mysteries with a Mission." She hopes her books will provide insight into transplantation and organ donation by combining the seriousness of the topic with a sprinkle of humor.
Did you know April is National Donate Life month? And that there are over 118,000 people currently waiting for an organ donation. In the California alone, there are over 23,000 on the waiting list.
Additional statistics provided by UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing):
• Every ten minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list.
• On average, 22 people die each day while waiting for a transplant.
• One organ donor can save eight lives.
Below is a summary of the book:
While the federal government is launching a national investigation on the "equity" of organ distribution, a female tech CEO flies across the country to get a liver transplant. Soon, well-respected transplant nurse Sarah Golden and her best friend, Jackie, find themselves tangled up in an intense plot to uncover the answer to the question on everyone's mind: Can you buy your way up to the top of the waiting list? Their pursuit of justice brings them to Miami, San Francisco and Chicago—a sometimes fun, sometimes dangerous roller coaster ride from which they barely escape with their lives.
Amy Peele was born and raised in the Chicago area, where she graduated from South Chicago School of Nursing. She discovered her passion for organ donation and transplantation when she started as a transplant coordinator at University of Chicago, and has since enjoyed a thirty-five year career in transplantation in both Illinois and California. Peele has lived and worked in the San Francisco area since 1985 and has been writing creatively for over fifteen years. In addition to killing people in her murder mysteries, she enjoys meditating, yoga, swimming, and pursuing her spirituality by studying the teachings of Deepak Chopra.
