Confessions of a Deathmaiden — Ruth Francisco

I am a deathmaiden. That's my job. I help people die.... Like a religious call, a career as a deathmaiden is not something you choose: It chooses you ... .

The little boy in a coma was sent home to die. But from the moment she touches him, Frances Oliver senses that Tomas is not near death--only too frightened of something, or someone, to wake up. Then the unthinkable happens. When she leaves his bedside a team of paramedics rushes into the house, pronounces Tomas dead, and spirits him away. Frances knows the boy was murdered--yet who would kill an innocent child and why? Filled with rage and aching regret, she vows to uncover the truth. And enters a shocking world of corruption where instincts can fail you, passions can blind you, and evil can wear the most noble face.