Jonathan Trestle is a paramedic who's spent the week a few steps
behind the angel of death. When he responds to a call about a man
sprawled on a downtown sidewalk, Trestle isn't about to lose
another victim. CPR revives the man long enough for him to hand
Trestle a crumpled piece of paper and say, "Give this to Martin,"
before being taken to the hospital.
The note is a series of dashes and haphazard scribbles. Trestle
tries to follow up with the patient later, but at the ICU he learns
the man awoke, pulled out his IVs, and vanished, leaving only a
single key behind. Jonathan tracks the key to a nearby motel where
he finds the man again--this time not just dead but murdered.
Unwilling to just let it drop, Jonathan is plunged into a mystery
that soon threatens not only his dreams for the future but maybe
even his life.
Shawn Grady has served for more than a decade as a firefighter and paramedic in Reno, Nevada, where he lives with his wife and three children. He was named "Most Promising Writer" at the 2008 Mount Hermon Writers Conference and is the author of Through the Fire.