“A Dream of Wolves”   by Michael C. White

Review #50

Part-time medical examiner and full-time ob-gyn doctor, Stuart Jordan is called early one morning to a murder scene at a cabin nestled in the frigid hills of North Carolina. Doc Jordan is surprised at the composure of the confessed murderer, the deceased's common-law wife, Rosa Littlefoot and...her absorption with her four-month-old baby daughter, Maria. Rosa decides the only person she can trust with her daughter is Dr. Jordan. This results in him making a rash pre-arrest vow. Doc promises Rosa he'll care for her child until the end of the trial and not let the dead man’s family get their hands on her.

Despite his age (50), his full-time practice, his current affair with a married woman, and his estranged wife, Annabel (who has drifted in and out of his life for the past 14 years), Doc feels honor-bound to keep his promise and to deal with all that brings into his life. Maria's entrance into Doc's world also, sends him on a new path, unearthing remembrances of his son and Annabel, who has been unstable since their son's death.

Doc has his hands full juggling work, a wife, a mistress, foster-parenthood plus sleuthing on the side!

This book was recommended to me by my cousin, Mary and...it is a good one!