THE SURGEON'S LIST

She's dead. Her list isn't.

Two years ago, Detective Maya Cruz put Dr. Stinnetta Thomas behind bars. The Surgeon died in prison. The case was closed. Maya left homicide for cold cases-safer, quieter, no more psychopaths in white coats.

Then a package arrives at the precinct.

Inside: a scalpel. A photograph of Stinnetta's grave. And a handwritten note that says only:

"You stopped her list. But she wasn't the only one."

Across Veridian City, patients are dying again. Unexplained internal bleeding. Perfect surgical nicks. The same method. The same hospital.

Margaret Liu complained about wait times. Linda Ortega filed an HR complaint. Marcus Webb threatened to sue. All dead. All after routine surgeries. All names from Stinnetta's original kill list-the ones Maya saved.

Someone is finishing what Stinnetta started.

Detective Sarah Chen is young, ambitious, and hungry. She's also the only one who believes the killer is still out there. Maya doesn't want to go back to Veridian General. She doesn't want to reopen old wounds. But the list is growing, and she's running out of time.

The Surgeon's legacy is alive. And it's killing.

The Surgeon's List is the second book in The Veridian Series, a chilling thriller about legacy, obsession, and the monsters we create.