Unshakeable
Pursuit by Camy Tang
Blurb
Doctor Geoffrey Whelan was in Japan when
the tsunami hit, killing his cousin and grandmother. He has worked in medical
missions for years to assuage his survivor’s guilt, and now that he’s back in
Sonoma to help his family, he can’t figure out why he still feels so wounded
and God feels so far away.
Then a mysterious young woman warns him
that he and nurse Maylin Kinley are in mortal danger.
Maylin notices that Geoffrey is not the
same arrogant doctor she met years ago in Los Angeles. Now that they are
working together again in a clinic in Sonoma, she fights her attraction towards
him because his confident, forceful personality reminds her too much of her
abusive ex-boyfriend, who called himself a Christian.
She has been steering clear of her
handsome coworker—until Asian hit men attack the clinic and they are forced to
run for their lives. Now they must race to figure out how the threat is
connected to a young teenager whose life they saved—before everyone they love
is caught in the crossfire.
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In Unshakeable Pursuit, those of you who have read Stalker in the
Shadows will find out what happened to Monica and her Free
Children's Clinic, and Liam, whom readers met in Narrow Escape,
also makes an appearance. Look for Liam's story in Treacherous
Intent, coming in December!
Excerpt
At
that moment, one of the triage nurses, Felicity, appeared in the doorway to the
break room. “Oh, good, you’re both here.” She lowered her voice. “There are two
FBI agents who want to speak to the two of you.”
Maylin
was so shocked she couldn’t speak for a moment, just staring at Felicity. Then
she glanced at Geoffrey, who looked as confounded as she felt.
He
asked Felicity, “Did they say what they want?”
She
shook her head. “They seem pretty impatient. I put them in your office,
Doctor.”
Geoffrey
looked as if he wanted to ask her more, but Felicity was jiggling her foot, and
Maylin remembered she was the only triage nurse on duty today. “Thanks,
Felicity.” Maylin stood. “We’ll meet them there.”
Felicity
nodded and hurried away.
Maylin’s
stomach curled as she followed Geoffrey to his office. She’d spoken to some of
the Sonoma policemen, but never to the FBI. Now, the girl’s words to Geoffrey
about them seemed more ominous. But maybe the agents could clear up what was
going on.
The
two men seemed to fill the small office, with their broad shoulders and dark
suits. They were the same Asian men in suits whom she’d seen talking to the
policeman outside the clinic just a few minutes ago. But something about the way
they stood seemed … rumpled. More casual than she’d have expected from FBI
agents. Or maybe she had watched too much TV? But even the policemen who came
to the clinic on special cases carried themselves with more uprightness. These
agents seemed to almost slouch.
They
both flashed their badges. The taller of the two said, “Geoffrey Whelan and
Maylin Kinley?” He had a strong Chinese accent.
Maylin’s
shoulders tightened. Her mom was from Hong Kong, and Maylin was almost positive
the accent was Cantonese.
“What’s
this about?” Geoffrey’s voice had a tightness to it. Perhaps he also could
sense there was something odd here.
“You
come with us. We have a urgent matter to talk about.”
Definitely
Cantonese. FBI agents were supposed to be American citizens. If he’d earned his
citizenship, would he still speak in such broken English? No, there was
something wrong here. Should she just outright accuse them of posing as FBI
agents? She looked to Geoffrey. He already seemed to sense something was not
right, but he also seemed to be sizing up the strength of the two men.
“Why
can’t you talk to us here?” Geoffrey said.
“Sir,
it’s private topic.”
Geoffrey
shook his head. “I’m the only doctor on call today. I can’t just leave.”
Without
warning, the large agent attacked Geoffrey, slamming his head against the wall
with a dull thud. Geoffrey crumpled to the floor and didn’t move.
Maylin
was too shocked to scream. When she moved toward him, the shorter agent grabbed
her arm in a painful grip.
He snarled at her, “You come with us
now.”
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Now THIS is making me interested! Good action!
ReplyDeleteLots of action in Camy's stories, Glenn.
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