Consequence of Murder is a mystery/thriller which centers around our present-day medical system – a complex system that is unfortunately infected with opportunistic behavior predicated upon greed. This splendid new storyteller and innovator takes the reader on a wild ride with spellbinding intrigue and masterful creativity.

Deep in the research labs of University Hospital, a biochemical engineer has developed a new material that he designed to behave in a specific biological manner. The co-developer of this product is Dr. Jay Yamp, a renowned surgeon with an impeccable reputation, who is using it for the first time on his patients. A large pharmaceutical company engaged in opioid manufacturing and marketing, is attempting to promote the sale of its product to unscrupulous doctors––a whistle-blower in the drug industry unravels a pattern of illegal drug-promotion and becomes an innocent target. These seemingly separate events become linked through deception, manipulation, and intrigue within a hospital environment that makes us all unnerved. It is entertaining and frightening to read how vulnerable we can all be as patients. Murder, money, and greed slam together with a seemingly untraceable method of death in a brilliantly original Consequence of Murder.  

The Illness of Medicine examines and reviews how one experiences medical treatment from both sides of the table. The significant obstacles patients endure, as well as the exasperation many of the truly dedicated medical professionals feel, has been assessed. The controlling arrogance of the insurance industry and the clout pharmaceutical companies have has just become overwhelming. 

Dr. Young recalls a time in his 30-year medical practice when these industries worked with, and for, us. Today, they appear to be the opposition. Patients have essentially no control and doctors have lost the ability to direct their own profession. Profit-driven corporations dictate how patient care is now governed and this is an undeniable problem that needs to be addressed and rectified. We are all frustrated with how we are so restricted, so vulnerable as we struggle to navigate through our health care system. Most painful is how we are treated by the medical system itself. Absent today is the sense of concern and empathy we used to associate with the health care community. We yearn to be treated with compassion; to have trust and confidence in those engaged in taking care of us. 

Unfortunately, medicine has become a mechanism of profit. It has become a business whose own bureaucratic demands have spread like a powerful, aggressive disease.  

In this contemporary novel, the malevolent owner of an online male sexual-enhancement drug dispensary exerts his power over clients through a series of contemptuous actions–taking lives and destroying reputations through carefully planned internet data-mining schemes. Taking advantage of their sexual needs and personal weaknesses, a wealthy businessman, a U.S. senator, and a hospital administrator fall victim to the loss of control of personal information shared on the internet. A renowned surgeon and FBI special agents share their knowledge and expertise in identifying and exposing the cyber criminals. This book takes you through a maze of medical applications and computer advancements, as criminals and investigators utilize internet data and advanced information technologies to interact with their targets. Our increased dependence and utilization of the internet to obtain products, socially interact, and conduct business, has made us vulnerable to corrupt behavior within the cyber-ecosphere. This novel portends a frightening look at how we are all subject to nefarious technological activity which can adversely impact all of our lives. Potential danger is just a click away for anyone using the ‘net’.

Golf is one of the most unique sports in the world.  The game is structured by a rigid set of rules and has equipment standards more detailed and specific than anything else played.  Importantly, golf is experienced on a very personal level as players face a bewildering array of physical and mental challenges over the course of 18 holes of play.  In many respects, the effort, time, and commitment a player devotes to the game is reflective of many aspects of a player’s life outside of the fairways and greens. 

This is a review and description of the many components of emotional and mental interplay that are experienced while playing the game of golf.  Importantly, it is an attempt to describe not how to play the game, but rather an effort to disarticulate and describe how a golfer thinks about the game.  

Quite simply, golf reveals character.  The person revealed often interacts and performs similarly in the world outside of golf.  This book reviews how the innumerable obstacles and hazards–both external and internal and, both on and off the golf course, are related.  The game of golf can mirror life and can show us deeply personal aspects of ourselves.  Perhaps through this examination we can become better at understanding ourselves both on and off the course.

The pharmaceutical industry applies evolving scientific knowledge  to create new drugs and potential life-saving therapies. Pharmaceutical  companies also reap significant financial gains from their drug and  therapeutic developments. This monetary incentive could potentially  result in aggressive inter-pharmaceutical company espionage. In this  novel, a profiteering pharmaceutical executive seizes upon an  opportunity to turn the discovery of a new cancer preventing drug into a  massive industry-competitive advantage for his company and his own  personal financial gain. Using ruthless individuals with deadly skills  and intent, the executive tries to nefariously obtain the necessary  molecular synthesis protocol to create the next generation of oncologic  drugs. Through a detailed medical and scientific investigation, doctors,  scientists, and law enforcement agencies work together to quickly  understand and identify what is occurring in the shadows. This is a  frightening story of scientific discovery versus greed and the quest for  money. At the end of the novel, the reader will need to ask him- or  herself the underlying question: Is this story really fiction?