A Pre-Med(itated) Murder

In a hospital, every patient is a mystery and every doctor a detective.

Third-year medical student, Neena Sundar, is eager to put her years of book learning to use. Equipped with a brand-new stethoscope and armed with as many pocketsized reference books as she can cram into her short white coat, Neena enters the halls of a teaching hospital for the first time. Despite rumors circulating about the Curse of the Surgical Rotation, she joins the surgical team on their rounds, scrubs in on marathon surgeries, and masters the art of scut.

But then Neena and her friends stumble across a dead body.

Of course Neena knew that death was commonplace in hospitals, but murder? As a solver of puzzles and a lover of mysteries, she must put her sleuthing skills—medical or otherwise—to good use. Can Neena use her attention to detail and capacious memory, honed by years of test-taking, to rip the (surgical) mask off the killer, or will the Curse of the Surgical Rotation be fulfilled?

Niru Mohandas, a practicing pediatrician, combines her passions for medicine and mysteries in her debut novel, A Pre-Med(itated) Murder. She lives in Montgomery, New Jersey, with her husband, Govindh, and her dog, Ruby.