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English Summary/英文概要： Former nurse-turned deputy coroner Mattie Winston has gone from working on live patients to cutting open corpses. But she has no idea that trading in her nurse’s cap for a deputy coroner’s badge will take her closer to her own death than she’d ever imagined… Mattie Winston’s decision to change careers had nothing to do with a mid-life crisis or desire to suddenly spend a lot of time with a bunch of corpses. But catching her surgeon husband David Winston in the act of receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby was enough to make Mattie never want to show her face again in the hospital where they both worked. When her best friend Izzy suggests she’d be a natural as a deputy coroner, she reluctantly gives it a try. Now, instead of taking patients’ pulses, she’s weighing their hearts and livers But living in Izzy’s cottage, which just happens to be next door to her ex’s house, is a little too close for comfort, and Mattie can’t resist spying on her husband one night. Peeking into a window, Mattie glimpses Karen Owenby and David in the middle of a heated argument—one that leads to David shaking Karen violently by the shoulders… The next day when Izzy takes Mattie on her first homicide call, Mattie’s shocked to discover the victim is none other than Karen. Recalling the previous night’s scene, she refuses to believe David could be a killer. Keeping mum about what she saw, Mattie is also left speechless by the sight of hunky Detective Steve Hurley... Mattie’s investigation soon turns up a host of dizzying revelations, including the fact that Karen wasn’t who she said she was. From learning the ropes on her new job to sorting out her feelings about her ex and dealing with her growing attraction to Detective Hurley, Mattie’s in deep water and in danger of sinking quickly, especially when she places herself dead center in the path of a desperate—yet determined—killer…
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 曾经是为病人服务的护士如今Mattie Winston变为验尸官助手，她现在的工作是解剖尸体。但是这个职务的转变将让她接近死亡。。。
Mattie Winston改变工作完全与中年危机或有欲望想和很多尸体待一起的想法毫无关系。但是当她看到她那外科医师的丈夫David Winston 从R.N. Karen Owenby那里得到很多好处后，她还是决定留了下来。当她的好朋友Izzy说她当助理验尸官会很得心应手时，她也只能被迫答应。现在的她正称着病人的心和肝，而不是像以前那样替病人把脉。
但是住在Izzy的小农舍，那农舍碰巧在她前夫的隔壁。一天晚上，她在好奇心的驱使下监视了她的丈夫。从窗缝中看过去，她看见Karen Owenby 和David正吵得火热---David还在Karen的肩膀上重重打了一下。
第二天Lzzy带Mattie去看她第一例自杀的病人，那个病人不是谁，正是Karen。回想前夜的情景，她不敢相信David会是杀人凶手。Mattie在探长Steve Hurley的注视下离开，并对一切保持缄默。
Mattie后来发现Karen其实不是她口中所说的那样。Mattie发觉自己的工作和分清她和前夫之间的关系和处理她对侦探Hurley的爱慕之情有着紧密联系。她正趟着浑水，越来越难以自拔，尤其当她把自己变成一个绝望、冷酷的杀手。。。(ZSW)
Awards/获奖情况： Ryan, the pseudonym of a Wisconsin emergency nurse, brings her professional expertise to her crisp debut. Mattie Winston, a former OR nurse, leaves her "Dr. Wonderful" husband, David Winston, after she catches him doing the nasty with Karen Owenby, another RN. Mattie quits her job at Mercy Hospital in Sorenson, Wisconsin to become the deputy of coroner Izzy Rybarcski, her gay best friend. Mattie’s first crime scene, a shooting death, is a shocker since, oops, Karen is the victim. As Mattie’s sleuthing progresses alongside the official investigation helmed by hunky homicide detective Steve Hurley, the police haul in David as a prime suspect. Mattie wisecracks her way through an increasingly complex plot that includes two more suspicious shootings. Despite a breezy narrative that reflects the influence of TV shows like CSI and Grey’s Anatomy. The book touches on such serious topics as the problem of AIDS patients and others with inadequate medical insurance.
Mattie Winston catches her surgeon husband having sex with a nurse and loses her composure and her job. Now working as a deputy coroner, she becomes a suspect in the murder of her husband’s lover. VERDICT: Ryan, the pseudonym for an ER nurse and freelance writer, gets too caught up in Mattie’s antics, which might irritate readers looking for a new Kathy Reichs forensic thriller. Yet fans of chick-lit mysteries might enjoy. 赖安是Wisconsin急救护士的笔名，这份职业为她的横空出世提供了不少专业技能。曾经是注册护士的Mattie Winstion,离开了她优秀的丈夫David Winston， 后来她又抓到他和Karen Owenby进行着一些肮脏的交易。她辞去了她的在索伦森Mercy医院的工作，成为她验尸官朋友Izzy Rybarcski的助理。Mattie第一个犯罪镜头，一个枪击事件，强烈刺激了她，然而那个受害者竟然是Karen。在Mattie调查的同时，侦探Steve Hurley同时叶子啊调查此案，David还是第一嫌疑人。随着Mattie的调查，情节越来越复杂，枪击事件也有原先的一起变成了多起。本书再情节上除了沿袭了电视剧《犯罪现场调查》和《实习医生格蕾》的连贯外，还涉及了很多像癌症病人和不完备医疗保险等敏感的话题。
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