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Before becoming a writer, Amy enjoyed a fascinating thirty-five-year career in the organ transplant field, which provides an authentic backdrop to her books.

Hold,  Amy’s latest book, pursues the question – What if there was a one-time pill that would allow patients to hold on to their life-saving organ transplants with NO need for anti-rejection drugs? How far would Big Pharma and venture capitalists go to stop it?

Match is a page-turning thriller that takes the reader into the vivid and dramatic world of kidney transplantation. Amy expertly weaves politics, living donor kidney transplants & the opioid crisis into a fast-paced, nonstop adventure. Match has won many awards, including the 2022 NYC Big Book Award.

Her debut mystery, Cut, has received many awards, including the 2017 Independent Press Award, The Chanticleer International Book Award, a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, and a Finalist designation from the 2017 International Book Awards.

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Hold

Sarah Golden and Jackie Larsen promised their partners they were out of the detective business. They declared “game over” after both of them almost lost their lives trying to solve their last medical mystery, and they’re happy with that decision: Sarah has finally allowed love and romance into her life, Jackie’s marriage is solid, and Jackie’s son, Wyatt, is still doing great with his year-old kidney transplant.

So when they go on their dream trip to Cuba, they are not looking for trouble. But all their plans go out the window when a desperate plea from a Cuban transplant surgeon puts the duo in serious danger with the Cuban government on the same day the four most prominent immunologists in the world–doctors who were on the verge of solving the huge rejection issues that have plagued the transplant community for over fifty years–are killed in a car accident in Chicago.

Soon, Sarah and Jackie find themselves dragged into the bowels of investigating venture capitalists and corporate greed–a terrain they know nothing about. As they uncover suspect clinical trials at major US transplant centers, including Sarah’s, their usual friends Biker Bob and Officer Handsome aren’t able to help them much, but they do receive assistance from an unlikely source: Sergio, who they helped to land in prison in Florida (and who is trying to win back his girlfriend), offers his help from the inside. Sarah and Jackie are armed with smarts, humor, and enough persistence to help them face the white-collared demons of corporate America–but with dangerous players gunning for them and death threats being made against their families, will they be able to solve this mystery before someone else gets hurt?

A cut above; a satisfying mystery that also progresses the leads’ life journeys.

—Kirkus Reviews

Peele’s third medical mystery featuring this entertaining duo is a breezily written, cozy-adjacent read.

—Kirkus Reviews

2023 First Place for Best Thriller

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Match

In this page-turning thriller, two nurses—best friends Sarah Golden and Jackie Larsen—team up to find a killer with the help of some colorful characters they refer to as Biker Bob and Officer Handsome. They are armed with big hearts, a raucous sense of humor, and tireless tenacity that equips them to face the life-and-death twists and turns they confront in the only style they both know: straight on and arm in arm as the friends they’ve always been.

What do politics, living donor kidney transplants, and the current opioid crisis all have in common? Informed by her thirty-five-year career in the organ transplant field, Peele expertly and authentically weaves all of these issues into one fast-paced, nonstop-adventure, fun romp of a buddy story that promises to keep readers turning pages after their bedtime.

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Match is a captivating story where Bay Area kidney transplant nurse Sarah Golden confronts a series of murderous crimes that lead her into a world of greed, corruption, fear, and terror, where she must fight for her own survival. Amy Peele knows what makes a great medical thriller, and has created one of the best in Match. Highly recommended!

—DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Jake Longly

Match is a fantastic page-turner that will fill many nail-biting hours of suspense. Amy Peele has done it again. You are in for a medical mystery treat.

—Louann Brizendine MD, NY Times Bestselling author of The Female Brain

Match is a fascinating thriller set in the complex world of organ transplant…Peele cleverly manages to keep the tension high while expertly weaving in a touch of romance and a heavy dose of humor to deliver the perfect mystery.  You won’t be able to put it down!

—Michelle Cox, award winning author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series

Match is a fun, adventurous romp that expertly weaves the reality of transplant medicine with a page turning mystery! Amy Peele is the kind of writer we need more of in the world.

—Sara Connell, bestselling author of Bringing In Finn

There is nothing better than a murder mystery that keeps you guessing right up until the very end, and Match does exactly that. I loved the way Peele accurately captured the complexity, and beauty, of paired-exchange transplantation while keeping the reader thoroughly entertained.

—Carolyn Light MPA, Executive Director of Transplant, UCSF

It is so refreshing, and entertaining, to read a mystery that accurately portrays kidney transplantation and the nuances of the paired-exchange process – a great read!

—Garet Hil, Founder of National Kidney Registry

When I first read Cut by Amy S. Peele, I was hooked. Now with her second book in this series, Match, I have renewed my Amy S. Peele Fan club membership! Match will take you on a wild ride of friendship thrust into the world of donor transplants, politics, murder, and survival!

—Jane Ubell-Meyer, Bedside Reading

In Match we are plunged back into the unshakable friendship of the characters we met in Cut. Peele offers a story that is straight from the heart and still manages to inform us about the world of organ transplantation. A warm and wonderful read.

—Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, award-winning author

Cut

Sarah Golden and Jackie Larson are both living in the San Francisco Bay area. Jackie is married to Laura Gallagher, the Assistant Medical Examiner in San Francisco. Sarah is happily single and working as a traveling transplant nurse in Miami. While in Miami Sarah has the misfortune of caring for Amanda Stein, the female version of Steve Jobs, who flew to Miami to get a liver transplant.

Jackie is a stay-at-home mom for their son, Wyatt, and finds herself pleasantly distracted helping Sarah track Amanda Stein and her boy toy – Sergio Torres. Sarah is learning Spanish so she can date Latino comedians while Jackie has all she can do to not tell the suburban soccer moms to go screw themselves. Sarah and Jackie’s escapades take them on an adventure with the rich, famous, and Cuban gangs in Miami, searching for the reason a white, wealthy, socialite received a liver from a Cuban gang member.

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Cut is a suspenseful mystery whose story is an engaging way to shed light on the enormously challenging and complicated system of organ donation and distribution in our country.

—Susan Hildreth, Former Director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Currently Professor of Practice, University of Washington Information School

Riveting, humorous, and tense, CUT is a must-read thriller. Hold on to your seat, silence your phone, ignore the door. You’ve got some reading to do.

—Guy Biederman, creative writing teacher and author of The Strange & Wonderful Club, House Samurai, and Parts & Labor

With Cut, Peele has entered the medical mystery arena with a home run. When two amateur sleuths delve into the world of organ transplantation, the result is a breath-taking race against time. Travel with these two daring ladies as they seek justice in a gripping nonstop ride that you can’t put down.

—Mark Aeder, MD, Transplant Surgeon, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Cut is a murder mystery that can be eaten like candy – a little suspense, a little humor, and a double scoop of friendship between the two sassy main characters. The author gives us just enough detail about that organ transplantation world to tell the story, gain some empathy, and make us want to hug our healthy loved ones extra tight.

—Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, Author of Fire & Water

Peele combines her vast medical knowledge with a love of writing to create something new: a murder mystery with a purpose. The diabolical characters will keep you guessing, and the message about the importance of organ donation may save lives.

—Debra Engle, Best-selling author of The Only Little Prayer You 

A patient awaiting organ transplantation faces death if an organ isn’t available in time. Ms. Peele’s plot of her exciting novel is based upon a nefarious approach by a desperate patient to get an organ. While enjoying the ride, the reader should keep in mind how desperate the real world situation is for these patients in need.

—John Paul Roberts, Prof. of Surgery, University of California San Francisco

 

Amy Peele has created a world of vivid, feisty characters! Cut is a sexy mystery that throttles to it’s climax and offers readers a fascinating look into the world of transplant medicine. A great ride!

—Sara Connell, Author of Bringing in Finn

A terrific read. True to life in terms of the medical descriptions. Fortunately the theme is pure fantasy but great entertainment.

—Dr. Nancy Ascher, Professor of Surgery, UCSF

I loved this book. Cut is a real page turner. It is a witty mystery involving Silicon Valley wealth, power and equality in the world of organ transplantation. A must read.

—Louann Brizendine, M.D., Author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain

 

In Peele’s novel, we see humanity’s worst traits meet its finest. Greed and ambition are surrounded by selflessness and kindness. Fear and insecurity struggle with courage and tranquility. It’s a winning formula.

—San Francisco Book Review

 

Aunt Mary’s Guide to Raising Children the Old Fashioned Way

In Aunt Mary’s Guide to Raising Children the Old-Fashioned Way, Amy S. Peele reflects on her childhood and discovers memories, both painful and funny, that yield meaningful life lessons. In this book, Peele delves into her sometimes chaotic, sometimes simple childhood, and reflects on the peace of mind she experienced at Lake Wawasee every summer. After you read this memoir, you’ll be compelled to look on the map to see if there really is a lake called Wawasee. You’ll want to be invited into Aunt Mary’s garage at 5 PM for Scotch and cards. You’ll relate to Peele’s underlying message: that parents and relatives do the best they can with the circumstances life sets before them.

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