They threatened his life. They hurt his kid. Can this gifted ER doctor deliver payback without becoming addicted to revenge? Dr. Zack Winston craves vengeance. A confident emergency physician who holds lives in his hands every day, the loving father struggles to guide his sixteen-year-old daughter through her post-traumatic stress disorder. When a patient attacks him at the ER, his guts tell him the vicious cartel hasn’t moved on… and the incident was a planned attempt at murder. Convinced he’s the only one standing between his family and disaster, Zack realizes his single-minded focus is damaging his relationships. But his rage burns hot after an assassin infiltrates his hospital and bullets start flying. Will he stay on the right side of the law, or will he stray from his oath and mete out bloody justice? Death Agent is the gritty third book in the Dr. Zack Winston series of medical thrillers. If you like morally gray choices, page-turning twists, and intense fight scenes, then you’ll love former emergency physician Mike Krentz’s psychological suspense. Buy Death Agent to overdose on retribution today! "Great thriller!! Intense psychological thriller!! Flawed, complex characters and terrific ER action scenes and fight scenes." - Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. An action-packed medical thriller with a clever plot and twists and turns throughout, Death Agent will keep readers engrossed from beginning to end. In this tense suspense thriller from Mike Krentz, the author has skillfully woven an intricate and riveting narrative. This demonstrates the author's mastery of character development and thorough research, leading to a well-crafted and compelling plot. Featuring a complex cast of interesting characters, where the villains are as bold as the heroes, the story delivers high levels of performance, and the protagonist is just pure likability and will resonate with many readers. All the elements readers love in action novels are included in this story: good versus evil, vengeance, justice, and an ongoing thrill ride. I was blown away by the unexpected ending! A must-read for any fan of medical thrillers or murder mysteries! -- Reviewed by Angelique Papayannopoulos for Readers' Favorite An action-packed medical thriller with a clever plot and twists and turns throughout, Death Agent will keep readers engrossed from beginning to end. In this tense suspense thriller from Mike Krentz, the author has skillfully woven an intricate and riveting narrative. This demonstrates the author's mastery of character development and thorough research, leading to a well-crafted and compelling plot. Featuring a complex cast of interesting characters, where the villains are as bold as the heroes, the story delivers high levels of performance, and the protagonist is just pure likability and will resonate with many readers. All the elements readers love in action novels are included in this story: good versus evil, vengeance, justice, and an ongoing thrill ride. I was blown away by the unexpected ending! A must-read for any fan of medical thrillers or murder mysteries! -- Reviewed by Angelique Papayannopoulos for Readers' Favorite EXCERPT: Two patients occupied the narrow surgical beds in the suture room. Zack examined the first one, a sixty-year-old disheveled man with what most people would call a "busted lip." The patient described how the left side of his upper lip had sustained an unplanned collision with a younger man's accelerating ring-wearing fist. Zack feigned a smile. "I should see the other guy, right?" The patient winced. "How long ago?" Zack asked. "Walking home from the bar, around three." The odor of stale alcohol on the man's breath validated the timeline. Zack inspected the wound, an irregular gash that crossed the line where lip meets skin, the vermilion border. The bruised edges of the cut looked swollen and dusky. This repair would take meticulous technique and considerable time. Zack sighed. "Okay, Mister, uh..." He looked at the top of the chart. "Martin. We'll get you all fixed up. Let me look at this other fellow first." He turned toward the other suture bed, nearer to the door than the first bed. When he had entered the room, Zack had just nodded to this patient, then proceeded to the man furthest from the door. Now he did a sharp double-take at this patient's appearance, his attention drawn to a ruddy cross-shaped scar on his mid-forehead. Next, he noticed two grotesque tattoos on his upper arms, one depicting a skull, the other a garish demon. Zack tried to hide his reaction as he greeted the patient, a swarthy, mustachioed man who appeared in his mid-forties. According to the record, he sustained an accidental slice across his left forearm while "cutting meat." The man offered no verbal response to Zack's greeting, just a slight nod. Slice indeed. The wound ran about four inches across the back of the patient's arm, midway between the wrist