Dr. Zeke Oswald thought he was getting a fresh start with his new job working the night shift at a small city hospital in Albany, New York. Until, that is, he stumbles across a dead body in the middle of the night. One of the hospital's nurses has been murdered and soon, beautiful yet inexperienced detective Selinda Bruchart is looking into Zeke's involvement--and his past. Because Zeke isn't your average hospitalist. After a foolhardy experiment gone wrong when he was in training, he has carried a dark secret for the past twenty-five years. Along the way, Zeke made some dangerous enemies, and he is afraid that one has resurfaced. And out for revenge. With much more at stake than being a murder suspect, Zeke becomes an amateur sleuth. His path crosses with Patience McMorris, a medical student with some problems of her own. Her life is in a downward spiral and a terrifying accident provides unintentional help to Zeke and a chance at redemption.