Do No Harm

by Dawn Eastman, Amanda Dolan (Narrated by)

Overview

Readers of J. T. Ellison and Tess Gerritsen will be enthralled by Do No Harm, by real-life small-town doctor and national bestselling author Dawn Eastman.

Small-town doctor Katie LeClair is drawn back into an old murder investigation, a mysterious disappearance, and a dark undercurrent of violence.

The idyllic town of Baxter, Michigan, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. Katie LeClair to settle down after years toiling in medical school—until the murder of a patient shattered the peace she had found. Now on the mend and balancing the responsibilities of a new house and the joys of a new romance, Katie is finally ready to start enjoying life. But danger arrives just as the town is gearing up for its annual Halloween festival—and once again, this doctor-turned-sleuth will have to unmask a killer in their midst.

Trouble comes in threes this Halloween. Katie sees a new patient who has just been released from prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit. Inexplicably, the patient suddenly goes missing. And matters take an even more sinister turn when a college student who had been investigating Katie’s old murder case is found dead in the woods near Baxter.

Could Katie’s involvement with the case be responsible for the student’s violent death? Is her new patient truly a cold-blooded murderer? Is this Halloween about to become a real-life horror show? Katie embarks on a desperate race to find the truth in Do No Harm, the second gripping Dr. Katie LeClair mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982540418
Publisher:	Blackstone Pub
Publication date:	12/11/2018
Series:	Dr. Katie LeClair Mysteries, 2
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

National bestselling author Dawn Eastman was a family medicine physician in Michigan. Now she lives in Iowa with her husband, son, and daughter. When not writing, she keeps busy catering to the whims of a bossy bichon-shih tzu mix who wants to rule the world. This is her second Dr. Katie LeClair mystery.

Editorial Reviews

10/22/2018
In Eastman’s uninspired, occasionally cloying sequel to 2017’s Unnatural Causes, Katie LeClair, who works in a family medical clinic in Baxter, Mich., is upset to learn that Taylor Knox, a premed college student she once mentored, has vanished. For a sociology research project into an “old criminal case that got a lot of media attention,” Knox chose to study the decade-plus-old murder of Heather Stone, a University of Michigan undergrad who died after being pushed into a pile of building materials. The man who was found standing over Stone’s corpse and later convicted for the killing, Eugene Lowe, was recently released from prison and was later treated by LeClair twice for injuries he claimed were accidental. Coincidentally, the professor who gave Knox the research assignment is dating LeClair’s best friend, and her own significant other, hunky colleague Matt Gregor, was involved with Stone at the time of the young woman’s death. Underdeveloped characters and predictable plot developments make for a routine mystery. Agent: Sharon Bowers, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Do No Harm:
"A strong protagonist with awesome research skills works her way through the possibilities and finds the answer in a surprising killer."
—Kirkus

"Full of witty dialogue and humor...There is a strong sense of small-town claustrophobia as gossip becomes truth, past reputations are cemented in people’s minds, and everyone seems to have a secret."
—Kings River Life

Praise for Unnatural Causes:
“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

From the Publisher

2018-09-18

A busy doctor's new patient has more than just medical problems.

Dr. Katie LeClair, who works at the Baxter Family Medicine practice in a small Michigan town not far from Ann Arbor, doesn't quite know what to make of Eugene Lowe, who's recently been released from prison after serving time for killing a college student at the University of Michigan. Lowe claims to be innocent and to have run into a door, but it's obvious that he's been in a fight. Dr. Matt Gregor, who's drawn close to Katie since they met while caught up in a murder investigation (Unnatural Causes, 2017), saw Lowe in the emergency room, where he claimed to have fallen. Many in town think Lowe was innocent of the murder for which he was convicted, but others don't want him around. That goes double for the husband of his high school best friend, Alicia, whose father did everything he could do keep Lowe away from his daughter. Oddly, Taylor Knox, a pre-med student Katie's befriended, has suddenly gone missing in the middle of her quest to prove Lowe's innocence as her project for a sociology course. With the help of Matt and her brother, Caleb, a computer expert, Katie's drawn into the search for Taylor even as she reviews the evidence that made Taylor think Lowe was innocent. Once she looks over old news stories and asks questions of people who were there the night the college student died, Katie realizes that the case against Lowe was really quite weak, depending on witnesses who were either too drunk to remember or lying about the timeline. Despite several threats, she refuses to let Lowe down or give up on the search for Taylor.

A strong protagonist with awesome research skills works her way through the possibilities and finds the answer in a surprising killer.

Kirkus Reviews