The Fish [Paperback] Wise, Joe

When newly married Dr. Tom Winfohr moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico to start his new life, he has no reason to suspect the trouble that awaits him as Medical Director at the state penitentiary. Unwittingly lured into a surprisingly large prison drug trade, Tom finds himself seriously threatened by a conflict involving his honor, his love and his safety. This fast moving novel will keep you engrossed in a horrifying situation from which there seems to be no solution. Award-winning author Joe Wise served for two years as the Medical Director of the New Mexico Penitentiary. His first novel, Cannibal Plateau, was judged Best Historical Novel at the Southwest Writer's Workshop. He received an award for fiction from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association for In the Moro, his second novel.

Joe Wise is a practicing cardiologist who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His first historical novel, Cannibal Plateau, won Best Historical Novel at the 1995 Southwest Writers Workshop and earned a testimonial from Tony Hillerman. His second novel, In the Moro received an award for fiction from the Colorado Independent Publisher's Association. Born in Texas, he has traveled extensively in the Rocky Mountain West. In addition to writing In the Moro, Cannibal Plateau, and A Primer on Heart Disease, he has had articles published in the travel section of the New York Times, The Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Sunset, Relax, Reminisce, Medical Economics, Travel Smart, Old West, American History, The Journal of the West, The Journal of Military History of Texas and the Southwest, and New Mexico magazines. Joe Wise is a member of Western Writers of America, PEN USA, and Southwest Writers.