The Red Lotus

This gripping tale of love and deceit is written by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant. An American man disappears on a rural Vietnamese road, and his girlfriend—an ER physician with questioning skills—follows a trail that takes her back to the hospital where they first met.

It was a Saturday night when Alexis saw Austin for the first time. Austin's arm wound from a bullet was sutured by Alexis at the ER, not a bar. Six months later, just as they are about to fall in love, Austin takes her on a bike journey around Vietnam to show her how passionate he is about riding and to pay his respects to the location where his father and uncle served during the war. However, Austin disappears into thin air and two men appear from the long grass while Alexis sip white wine and waits for him to return from his solo ride at the hotel. His sole trace is a bright yellow energy gel that he drops on the road.

While Alexis struggles to deal with this confusing loss and manages Austin's irritable family, the FBI, and her coworkers at the hospital, she discovers a string of odd lies that make her wonder: Where did Austin go? How come he actually took her to Vietnam? And what level of risk has he left her with?

The Red Lotus is a worldwide thriller about people who commit their lives to saving lives and people who sell death to the highest bidder, set against the suspenseful backdrop of an emergency department.