Death's Parallel

Oakley Jordan. Rainbow Books, $16.95 (405pp) ISBN 978-1-56825-078-6

Mercy killing meets serial killing in Memphis doctor Oakley Jordan's debut, Death's Parallel, starring another Memphis doctor, Ben Pritchitt. Against his family's wishes, Pritchitt is helping his terminally ill patients die on their own terms, and it's getting him into trouble: the DA, who's his daughter's boss, is after Pritchitt's license, and an abortion-obsessed serial killer is convinced that he and Pritchitt share the bond of death.

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