BooksChatter: ☀ Dead Still: Dr. Annabel Tilson [1]

Thank you for joining us on the opening day of the Virtual Book Tour for Dead Still, a Suspense Thriller by Barbara Ebel, MD (22 July 2016, Barbara Mary Ebel, 292 pages).

This is the first book in the medical adventures of Dr. Annabel Tilson during medical school, and it is also a standalone story.

PREVIEW: Check out the book's synopsis and excerpt below. Read the first three chapters with Amazon Look Inside.

Author Barbara Ebel, MD will be awarding a signed paperback copy of Dead Still (US ONLY) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour. Please do take part: comment on our post and follow the tour where you will be able to read other excerpts (☀).

Synopsis | Teaser | The Dr. Danny Tilson Series | About the Author | Giveaway & Tour Stops

Synopsis

Annabel Tilson is a medical student starting her first clinical rotation where she has high hopes of mastering patient care like her famous neurosurgeon father. However, she soon realizes that studying for surgery exams and taking care of patients is only part of the complex burden of her role as a surgical team member.

Grappling with a resident who hates her and a dreamy infatuation for her chief resident, she discovers an inordinate outbreak of patient mortality. But for Annabel to dig further puts her at risk of failing the rotation and ending her future career as a physician.

Teaser: Excerpt

     When the entire group entered Mr. Newman’s room, he peered over his newspaper and smiled. He sat in the armchair next to the window, the last drips of his evening dose of antibiotic going into his IV.
      “Well, look at you,” Robby said. “It appears your two primary surgical physicians have taken good care of you.”
      Dr. Wallace and Annabel stepped forward, and Brandy shut the IV pump off before it started beeping.
      “Only after that one used me for a pin cushion,” he said, pointing at Annabel.
      Annabel’s shoulders sagged and she wondered if Dr. Mack was going to chime in. He’d done enough damage to her for the whole rotation.
      “Actually, I’m glad she got that IV in,” Dr. Wallace said. “Otherwise I was going to have to start a central line.”
      “No thank you, ma’am,” Mr. Newman said. “I know what those are and I don’t want no part of them.”
      “You’ve had enough bowel rest,” Robby remarked. “But I bet you enjoyed that gelatin and bullion.”
      “It was a stepping stone to the fat burger I’m going to devour when I get outta here.”
      Dr. Pittman patted the patient’s shoulder. “You have a good night. I’m taking this motley crew with me,” he said, pointing towards the door.

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The Series: Dr. Danny Tilson

Annabel's novel is a spinoff from her father's series, The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels, especially Book Four - Secondary Impact.

Although the Dr. Danny Tilson Novels are a series and the characters are best appreciated by reading the books in sequence, each book can stand alone.

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Click on the book cover to Look Inside the book on Amazon and read an excerpt.

Operation Neurosurgeon [1]

Who says a rising neurosurgeon can’t fall from his pinnacle? From the skullduggery taking place deep in the Tennessee woods to the silent tension in the OR, Doctor Danny Tilson’s life takes an abrupt turn after performing surgery alongside a scrub nurse with aqua eyes and a velvet voice.

Can Danny’s situation get any worse after the alluring lady disappears, he inherits her roguish retriever, and his Albert Einstein historical book turns up missing? A pack of Tennessee attorneys pursue Danny while he develops a scheme with his paramedic best friend to payback the mysterious woman who left in a hurry.

[Published 12 January 2014, 264 pages]

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Silent Fear [2]

After brain surgeon Dr. Danny Tilson performs several intracranial surgeries, patients and staff acquire a strange meningitis which sweeps nationwide at breakneck speed. The root of the outbreak is an enigma and the CDC, a neurologist, and an infectious disease specialist are called in for their expertise.

Hang on for the ride as Dr. Danny straightens out his personal life while confronted with an epidemic of frightening proportions and consequences. The pandemic of the millennium has no cure in sight. And while Danny’s colleagues, patients and staff are falling dead around him, perhaps the most crucial question of all is - why has Danny been spared?

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Silent Fear is a stand-alone novel as well as being Book Two of The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels. And ringing true as the credible medical fiction writer, Doctor Barbara’s basic and scary organism in Silent Fear’s plot actually exists!

[Published 10 March 2014, 256 pages]

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Collateral Circulation [3]

A lavishly enriched blood supply piques Dr. Danny Tilson’s interest as he performs a routine surgery on Varg Dagmar’s brain. He soon discovers that it’s not just his patient’s cranial anatomy that’s remarkable, but his superlative mental capabilities as well.

As more and more patients surface with similar mystifying profiles, Danny searches for answers. If he can figure out the cause of this surge in advanced mental faculties, the ramifications to humankind could be staggering.

Danny wonders, however. Is this mysterious brain power too good to be true?

[Published 27 January 2015, 265 pages]

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Secondary Impact [4]

Neurosurgeon Dr. Danny Tilson is engrossed in a college basketball game when a player gets knocked down, slamming his head on the court. The athlete is his daughter's boyfriend and after suffering a second blow to his head he lies in a coma.

Danny is shocked when his daughter, Annabel, criticizes his care of the guy she loves...but then he wonders: Is existing medical treatment for certain head injuries good enough?

Despite obstacles from Annabel and his old nemesis Rachel, Danny brainstorms to develop new technology...something so revolutionary it could improve patient care after traumatic head injuries forever!

[Published 21 November 2015, 148 pages]

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About the Author

Barbara Ebel's writing draws heavily from her experience as an anesthesiologist, her dealings with family court, and her interactions with people and places from around the world. As a physician, speaker, and former chemist, she sprinkles credible medicine into the background of her fiction where plots and vivid characters take center stage and her O.R. scenes shine.

She penned the Dr. Danny Tilson Novels before the Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels (DEAD STILL is Book One). Collateral Circulation was the National Indie Excellence Award 2015 Finalist for medical thrillers and Operation Neurosurgeon was the top finalist for best-selling medical mystery books in 2012. (Best Selling Books' blog announced on PR Buzz Press Release Wire, Chicago, IL).

In addition to her adult writing, she has illustrated and penned a children's book series called Chester the Chesapeake. The books developed during her philanthropic visits with her therapy dog, Chester. The dog books continue to inspire adults and children alike. Along with her husband and four pets, "Doctor Barbara" lives in a wildlife corridor in middle Tennessee. You may find Chester at: http://dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com

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