Featured Author Richard Mabry

Q: What one thing would you like readers to know about you?

A: I practiced medicine for thirty years, the last ten as a professor at a well-known med school. I lectured all over the world, authored or edited textbooks as well as numerous papers, and was a recognized expert in my field. But the results from this “second profession” God has led me into are more gratifying than all the rest.

Q: What is the craziest, most risk-taking thing you’ve ever done?

A: I hate heights—even stand facing away from the open sides of glass elevators. But because my first wife wanted to go, I accompanied her on one of the thrill rides at Knott’s Berry Farms—twice.

Q: Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.

I’m an introvert, that when attending a conference (whether medical or writing) I have to put on my “game face.”
When my friend and I play golf, which we’ve done every Wednesday the weather allows, we don’t keep score. This sometimes offends the purists, but we like it that way.
All my novels and novellas have an unexpected “bad guy,” but when I start out I have no idea who it will be or exactly how it will end.

Q: Would you tell us about your current book release, Critical Decision, and where the idea for this story came from?

I was talking to my wife about ideas for my next book, and she said, “What about a wife who answers a cell phone that rings after it’s unexpectedly delivered? She learns that her husband has been kidnapped, and to get him released she’ll have to murder someone. How would that work?” Well, it worked out pretty well, because that’s the opening scene for Critical Decision. Here’s the back-cover copy.

It began with an innocent-appearing box on her front porch. The box contained a cell phone, which rang as soon as she opened the package. A voice that called Dr. Kathy Hoover by name said that her husband had been kidnapped. To get him back she would have to poison one of her patients.

At first, she didn’t believe that her husband had been taken from the conference he was attending, but soon she discovered that the kidnappers really had Darren. If she wanted to see him again, she had to give medication that would murder Kelton Rush, former Vice-President. What was she to do? How would she handle this critical decision?

Richard Mabry

Dr. Richard Mabry is a retired physician, now author of “medical mysteries with heart.” He has written one non-fiction book, six novellas, and twelve published novels. His works have been a semifinalist for International Thriller Writers’ debut novel, finalists for the ACFW Carol Award, Inspirational Reader’s Choice, and Romantic Times’ Reader’s Choice and Reviewer’s Choice Awards, as well as winner of the Selah Award and the 2017 Christian Retailers Best. His most recent work is his novel, Critical Decision.

Richard and his wife live in north Texas. In addition to occasional efforts (thus far without results) to improve his golf game, he tries to convince his family that sitting at his desk staring into space does indeed represent work.