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Black Flies
Written by Shannon Burke
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This intense novel follows a paramedic and his partner as they deal with the intricacies of the job as well as a case involving a misdiagnosed newborn.
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Shannon Burke
Shannon Burke is an experienced author whose novels focus on the life of paramedics in Harlem. Born in Illinois, he went to college at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He went on to work as a paramedic for the New York City Fire Department. He currently resides with his wife and two sons in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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