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Mannequin Morgue

In medicine, first do no harm, in murder leave no trace.

At Mount Louis General Hospital, the dead don’t always stay quiet. When a dying veteran falls from the roof, the hospital calls it suicide. Homicide Detective Croft calls it murder. Dr. Ava Powers came for the job interview that could save her future—until she becomes the witness a powerful institution needs silenced. As missing camera footage, sealed medical records, and a celebrity sentenced to morgue duty collide, Powers and Croft uncover a killer using medicine as revenge.
Set against pandemic-era New York, Mannequin Morgue is a dark, fast, and wickedly original medical crime thriller about ambition, corruption, and the secrets buried where no one thinks to look—among the dead.

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The Architect of Medical Thrills

A.J. Bullough is a physician, anesthesiologist, and author of medical crime thrillers. Drawing on decades inside the operating room and hospital corridors, she brings an insider’s eye to the high-stakes world of modern medicine—where pressure, politics, gallows humor, and human frailty often collide.
A lifelong observer of the strange, dark, and unexpectedly funny moments that unfold when people are pushed to their limits, she writes stories where medicine meets mystery and the dead still have plenty to say.
When not writing, A.J. Bullough loves to travel and explore the restaurants, neighborhoods, and lakefront energy of Chicago, where she lives.
Mannequin Morgue is A.J. Bullough’s debut medical crime thriller.

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Mannequin Morgue

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