Genres: LGBTQ+, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Deadly … Exotic … Frightening “Ebola: A Microbial Mystery” weaves together an intricate tapestry of global public‐health crises, wildlife conservation, and a deeply personal journey of grief and redemption. Set against the backdrop of disease outbreaks across West Africa and beyond, the story follows veterinarians, physicians, and conservationists who must navigate treacherous field expeditions, steep cultural divides, and ethical dilemmas. As each character strives to uncover the origin of the deadly virus while reconciling past losses and strained relationships, they confront the limits of modern science and the unpredictable power of nature. At its core, the novel explores the intersection between human vulnerability and the environment's relentless power. It examines how global public‐health crises force us to confront our own mortality, ethical responsibilities, and the limits of scientific control. Characters are set against the grandeur and brutality of the natural world, including lush, dangerous jungles and teaming cityscapes, highlighting a...

Genres: Thriller, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Is dengue the next pandemic? Two veterinary medical detectives, decades apart in age and experience, battle the tropical disease first in New York City and New Mexico, then in Hawai‘i. Even in paradise, people can’t escape blood-thirsty mosquitoes spurred on by a warming climate. Join these resilient women as they push through personal challenges to discover the scientific truth and stop the relentless death toll. Faye Simpson abandons New York and a domineering boss to solve the mystery of an explosion in Hawaiian dengue infections. She postpones her blossoming relationship with a younger trans female physician and reconnects with a veterinary school classmate who’s a dengue expert. Maya Maguire, brokenhearted from family tragedies, is thrilled to push aside painful memories in the Land of Enchantment and contribute her disease detective skills. Despite their efforts, the disease swarms two Hawaiian islands through insatiable mosquito carriers. Lessons learned from initial investigations on...

Genres: Thriller, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

In New Mexico, veterinarian Maya Maguire approaches the end of her training as one of CDC’s elite epidemic shock troops. Despite unfinished business with a toxic colleague, her work and personal life fall into place. Until COVID, and its impact on loved ones. After investigating the first human case in Arizona, her focus shifts to coronavirus in animals. As a Chinese American adoptee, her origin story comes full circle like an ouroboros—a dragon eating its tail.

Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Horror, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Bats and bearded dragons, raccoons and baby goats—animals are our fellow Earth creatures. But they pose a threat. Each species harbors invisible microbes, ready to leap into human bodies. In the ten short medical thrillers and one graphic poem of “Microbial Mysteries,” public health disease detectives are challenged by mysterious outbreaks from zoonotic viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The story collection includes MayaVerse prequels over four decades of disease investigations with veterinary epidemiologists like Maya Maguire and other public health specialists. “El Chinche” (1993) introduces Maya’s mentors, Nancy Bingham and Fred Grinwold, at the start of their public health careers along the Mexican border. The story received an award from the Arizona Mystery Writers. “SARS” (2003). Nancy Bingham takes the lead in investigating Arizona’s first coronavirus infection while struggling to maintain her long-distance relationship with Fred Grinwold. “Firenze” (2019). A hard-driving immigrant from El Salvador juggles his acclaimed Tucson restaurant, a...

Genres: Thriller, Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback, Large print
Age Groups: 18+

"Borrelia" is the second novel featuring Maya Maguire, medical detective, in her journey as an Asian American veterinarian solving microbial mysteries. A pregnant New Mexico woman is dying from relapsing fever and reaction to her treatment for infection with Borrelia, a squiggly spirochete bacteria. After searching for blood-sucking ticks at the patient’s cabin, veterinarian Maya Maguire of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a car accident which upends the confidence gained during her first year of CDC training. Her childhood panic disorder and struggles with its treatment block Maya’s dreams of achieving balance between demands of public health and her almost-fiancé, a physician incapacitated by Arizona anthrax. Summer heatwaves spike lice-associated Borrelia in Europe. Maya consults on a surge of deaths in Borrelia-infected refugees relocated to Norway. When extending her mission to Portugal and Morocco, impacts from her fieldwork pile up. At home, she juggles support for a...

Genres: Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback, Large print
Age Groups: 18+

"Anthracis" is the debut novel in an alphabetical series featuring Maya Maguire, medical detective, in her journey as an Asian American veterinarian solving microbial mysteries. The spectacular southwestern desert is alive with Bacillus anthracis spores, and the summer is the hottest on record. As a new veterinary epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Maya Maguire confronts the largest, most complex anthrax outbreak in U.S. history. Infections in persons of color and immigration activists resonate with Maya's search, as a Chinese American adoptee, for a place in her American home. Younger than her fellow trainees and battling panic disorder from a horrific childhood accident, she struggles to solve an epidemic mystery in a physician-dominated public health world. From her home base in New Mexico, CDC sends her to join a federal team in Arizona, including provocative physician Dr. Manolo Miranda and tightlipped veterinarian Dr. Dave Schwartz. The...