A drug-laced conspiracy. A former Navy surgeon with a harrowing history. Will a covert frame job end his career... and his life?Zack Winston can't outrun his mistakes. Working in the high-pressure environment of the ER, the widowed doctor is haunted by lives he should have saved. But when he fails to resuscitate his coworker's husband from a fatal cardiac arrest, he's blindsided by the livid ICU nurse launching a career-threatening malpractice suit.Falling under harsh criticism when he tries to investigate a strange poisoning in the hospital, Zack comes face to face with his traumatic past during courtroom depositions. And as he and his alluring lawyer look closer into the suspicious body count on the rise, uncovering the source could land them both in the kill zone.With shadowy accusers eager to get him fired, will his fight for answers see him flatline?Dead Already is the nail-biting first book in the Dr. Zack Winston series of medical thrillers. If you like nuanced characters, endless adrenaline rushes, and vividly realistic settings, then you'll love emergency physician Mike Krentz's suspenseful drama.