by Marina Auer
Published by NB Publishers
This new thriller by KZN doctor Marina Auer takes readers to a dysfunctional state hospital in Pietermaritzburg. Murphy Meyer arrives at Eden State Hospital on the first of January 2001, driven to solve a small, personal mystery, the young doctor has no idea she’s deposited herself into something larger and darker than she could ever have imagined; something that has a life of its own.
While patients whisper fearfully of a tokoloshe that stalks the wards and junior doctors fumble with life and death decisions, Murphy is thrust headlong into the mystery of what is really happening in the dark hallways of Eden State Hospital. Are all deaths routine in this place where ‘routine’ is synonymous with chaos and violence? Is Eden Hospital a safe haven or hell?
Marina Auer is a graduate of UCT Medical School and spent several years working in state hospitals, before moving into private practice. She lives with her family - two teenagers, two cats, one husband - in Hillcrest, KZN. Double Edged was her first novel. Single Minded, her latest novel, was shortlisted for The Island Prize in 2022.
