“The last day in October began with a violation of the employee dress code and ended with a dead employee in the medical records department. I’ve always said I like my job because of the variety, but this was a bit much, even for me."

HR director Kat Voyzey has a talent for getting things done. Tamping down office drama? Soothing egotastic executives? Dodging calls from her bully of a boss? It’s all in a day’s work at the Holy Heart Medical Center.

When a beloved coworker is shot dead on Halloween night, questions fly through the hospital like a hail of bullets. And when the police seem inclined to blame the victim, an unlikely sleuth emerges from the human resources department.