A Taxing Death

<p><strong>What if the paramedics at your door weren't there to save your life-but to end it?</strong></p><p></p><p>It's a sunny summer afternoon in Sacramento when an ambulance pulls up to the State Capitol. The call? A possible cardiac episode inside the tax department. Two paramedics rush in calm professional and concerned. Minutes later a respected employee lies dead in his office-an apparent heart attack caused by a faulty pacemaker.</p><p></p><p>Or so it seems.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Jill Quint forensic pathologist and part-time vintner is called in by the victim's family for a second opinion. The man was fit full of plans and had just bought new hiking boots for an upcoming trip to Yosemite. Something doesn't add up-and Jill's instincts are rarely wrong.</p><p></p><p>When her autopsy reveals evidence of foul play Jill teams up with local authorities to track down a killer who may be masquerading as a first responder. With a long list of people who dislike paying taxes and rumors of similar deaths across the state Jill must follow the evidence before another life is lost.</p><p></p><p><strong>A TAXING DEATH</strong> is book five in the Jill Quint MD series-a cozy forensic mystery where science meets motive.</p>