Something just doesn’t add up.

Assistant Medical Examiner Kenzie Kirsch thinks that the deaths from Champlain House are linked by more than place. If she is right in her theory, the nursing homes, emergency rooms and the morgue are all going to be overwhelmed.

Only she can’t get anyone to listen to her. The suggestion of a public health hazard may cause widespread panic, and it is a really bad time politically to be spreading gossip about an unknown contagion.

The CDC needs proof.

And Kenzie Kirsch needs to be silenced.

One way or another.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s kind of scary because it’s not hard to believe what happened in the book, could happen in the real world.

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!

“P.D. Workman has done it again. she has managed to write a book that will push your buttons. If it doesn’t then you need to take another look.”

“This is a brilliant read. Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believeable. Great suspense and action with wonderful world building that adds so much to the story. Can’t wait to see what the author brings us next!”

“Absolutely fabulous as always.”

Author Notes may contain spoilers!

It has been a while since I wrote book #1 in this series, Unlawful Harvest. While Unlawful Harvest takes you back to the beginning, Kenzie Kirsch’s “origin story,” so to speak, Doctored Death brings you back to the Kenzie that you know from Zachary Goldman Mysteries. In Unlawful Harvest, Kenzie was drifting, not sure where she wanted to go in her life, and ended with her decision that she wanted to go into medicine and specifically into pathology to solve the mysteries of what had killed people. 

In the first few books of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, we had hints of what Kenzie did in the Medical Examiner’s Office and where she wanted to go in her career, and now in Doctored Death, we take a deep dive into her job and the ins and outs of working with Dr. Wiltshire, the Medical Examiner. (If you have read She Was Dying Anyway, you have met Dr. Wiltshire once before.)

Doctored Death was never intended to be a “COVID 19 book” (and does not talk about COVID 19 at all.) But it is about viruses, mutations and genetic engineering, the fear of an outbreak, and trying to get people to see what is going on. Although Doctored Death may start out slowly, it does build up as we begin to figure out, along with Kenzie, just what is going on in Roxboro, Tennessee. 

• Infections and dementia | Alzheimer’s Society
• Are infections seeding some cases of Alzheimer’s disease?
• Why some people with brain markers of Alzheimer’s have no dementia — ScienceDaily
• The amyloid hypothesis on trial
• Deaths, Burials, Autopsies

“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me … And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”

“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”

“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”

“Every book by PD Workman that I’ve read has been a gripping one, however different the genres are, going from lighter mysteries to really dark ones… this is one of my favourite, most dependable authors.”

“P.D. Workman is an incredibly versatile writer. No matter which of her books I read I am drawn into a great story and honestly, I don’t think I’ve followed another author that could go from cozy mystery to YA to a PI series dealing with mental health issues. Really enjoy her books!”

“[P.D. Workman’s] stories are so believable and you can’t help but feel like you know these people. You find yourself crying, laughing and feeling the characters emotions. Now if an author can make you cry and feel every emotion in a story, she is one hell of an author.”

“P. D. Workman, does not shy from probing the deep psychological scars of childhood trauma, mental illness, and addiction. Also characteristic of this author, these extremely sensitive issues are explored with extensive empathy, described with incredible clarity, and portrayed with profound insight.”

“Once again P.D.Workman has created an intense psychological mystery that impacts a wallop of thought induction. The writing is so well developed and draws you into the characters story.”