Fifteen Minutes at Mercy General

An emergency: a bleeding teenage girl in ripped clothes on a gurney in a hospital corridor, her mother hastily brought in by the investigating police officer. An emergency, a girl, a family, and a crime so horrible that no one understands until it’s too late…

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style.”

—Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene Magazine

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s short fiction has won the Ellery Queen Readers’ Choice Award twice, and has been nominated for the Edgar, Shamus, Stoker, and Anthony Awards. Her novels, including the vampire novel, Sins of the Blood, appear under a variety of names. For more information on her work, go to kristinekathrynrusch.com.