The Series
The Jeannie Johal Thrillers.
Jeannie Johal, a young Brown plastic surgeon, flees her controlling husband in India. She builds a new life in North America, where she investigates what hospitals would rather no one see.
The Series
The Jeannie Johal Thrillers
Two novels. One protagonist. Health systems, hidden agendas, and the people inside them who will do anything to keep the truth offstage.
Book One – 2023
See Me
A Jeannie Johal Thriller
Jeannie Johal, a young Brown plastic surgeon, flees her controlling husband in India. She makes a new life for herself as a quality improvement consultant in Canada, where she investigates when patients are harmed while in hospital. She discovers a web of workplace intrigue fueled by professional rivalries and illicit relationships. Her investigation runs parallel with the investigation into the murder of the quality improvement physician leader, and Jeannie soon finds herself being threatened. Who wants her out of the way? Will she discover the truth or will she be the next murder victim?
Book Two – 2025
Bless Your Heart
A Jeannie Johal Thriller
A pharmaceutical giant has teamed up with the Pitt County, North Carolina public health department to test a drug that could help millions improve their health. But someone is sabotaging the research. Healthcare researcher Jeannie Johal is sent to Greenville, NC on special assignment to find out why. Little does she know that even before she begins, plans are underway to persuade her to leave the project. On her first day, her new boss is murdered. The beautiful Arboretum, next door, contains many poisonous plants and at least one master gardener who threatened Jeannie’s boss. Can she find out who’s sabotaging the data? And can she fix the problems before more people die?
The Protagonist
Meet Jeannie.
Jeannie Johal’s training, what she ran from, what she runs toward, the through-line that connects See Me, Bless Your Heart, and the books still coming.
Book Settings
Where the books live.
- Bless Your Heart: North Carolina – Greenville, Kinston, Tick Bite, Pitt County, Raleigh
- See Me: In India – Malabar, Mumbai, Ranikhet. In Canada – Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey