DEATH DOULA
A Mara VanDelyn Thriller
Amy Stanbra
Mercy. Murder. Or something in between?
Muriel has spent years guiding the terminally ill through their final moments-with dignity, discretion, and unwavering ethics. She never breaks the rules. She never crosses the line.
Until someone else does. Using her name.
When patients Muriel has refused to help begin dying anyway-peacefully, quietly, and with paperwork forged in her hand-she becomes the unwilling face of a growing scandal. And a ghost from her past may be pulling the strings.
Enter Detective Mara VanDelyn. Tasked with uncovering the truth behind a string of suspicious deaths, Mara discovers a hidden network of end-of-life consultants, a trail of altered records, and a symbol that should have died with the Pilgrims-a defunct, disbanded group with a dark legacy.
As the body count rises-including children-Muriel and Mara must race against time to expose a killer who believes compassion is just another kind of power.
Where does mercy end and murder begin? And who gets to decide?