Miracles & Mysteries of Mercy Hospital Where Mercy Begins is the 1st book in the Miracles & Mysteries of Mercy Hospital fiction series. When they aren’t caring for the patients at Mercy Hospital, Evelyn, Joy, Anne and Shirley quickly discover that the hospital is a place of intrigue, adventure, and amazing miracles. They believe the legend that the hospital is under the protection of a guardian angel, the one portrayed in a large stone statue at the entrance. So, when the famous Mercy Angel statue goes missing in the middle of the night, everyone is scrambling to find out who stole it. The day after it disappears a woman who has a striking resemblance to the statue, and detailed knowledge of the hospital, shows up to begin a new job in the gift shop. Could this new hire have some sort of connection to the missing statue?