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Some memories are meant to be forgotten—especially when they’re not yours. In this medical thriller series, Psychiatrist Cristina Silva is achieving miracles by prescribing a new memory-recovery drug. Until one of her patients jumps from an eight-story window to his death. This set contains Book 1: Adverse Effects and Book 2: Toxic Effects.

Wenn Neugier tödlich endet. Ausgerechnet an Silvester wird Kay Scarpetta zu einem besonders traurigen Fall gerufen. Sie kannte den Toten, Ted Eddings, einen Reporter. Jetzt treibt seine Leiche im trüben Wasser eines Schiffsfriedhofs. Was brachte den jungen Mann dazu, zwischen ausrangierten U-Booten und Frachtern zu tauchen? Vorerst findet Scarpetta keine Antwort auf diese Frage – doch als sich kurz darauf seltsame Vorfälle in ihrem Umfeld ereignen, ahnt sie zumindest, dass Teds Tod nur der Anfang des Unheils war.

“There’s a reason Kathy Reichs is the doyenne of forensic fiction—because her MO is to keep the reader guessing till the last paragraph.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her...

'Compulsively readable' SUNDAY TIMES 'A superior medical thriller' GUARDIAN 'Darkly gripping' OBSERVER You're trained to save the lives of others. But how far would you go to save your own? Olivia, Laura and Anjali couldn't be more different. Inseparable since the first day of medical school...

As the Great Depression presses down around him, Archer teeters at the edge of a precipice. He must choose between his hard-won career and the sacred oaths he took as a doctor and scientist—before all his choices are lost forever.

Eine rätselhafte Mordserie versetzt Amerika in Angst und Schrecken. Auf einer Mülldeponie in Virginia wird eine Leiche gefunden, der Kopf und Gliedmaßen fehlen – und die einen unbekannten, tödlichen Virus in sich trägt. Fieberhaft versucht Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta den Erreger zu identifizieren und eine Verbreitung der Seuche zu verhindern. Die Medien stürzen sich auf den Fall und bedrängen Scarpetta mit Spekulationen. Und dann nimmt der Täter per E-Mail Kontakt zu ihr auf und verwickelt sie in ein gefährliches Spiel.

Sterbehilfe – oder Mord? "Vergänglich" ist der 5. Medizin-Krimi von Sabine Fitzek, der mit Insider-Wissen und brisanten Einblicken in unser Gesundheitssystem punktet. Vom Mitarbeiter eines Pflegedienstes wird der Berliner Kommissar Kammowski zu einem Todesfall gerufen. Auf den ersten Blick sieht alles nach einer assistierten Selbsttötung mithilfe eines Schweizer Vereins für Sterbehilfe aus – der 72-jährige Theodor von Hausmann war unheilbar an ALS erkrankt und hat einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlassen.

Eingesperrt mit den gefährlichsten Männern der Welt. In der geschlossenen Station eines Hochsicherheitsgefängnisses für psychisch kranke Verbrecher erschüttert ein Schrei die Nacht. Am nächsten Morgen wird die Leiche einer Krankenschwester gefunden und ihre Tochter wurde entführt. Die Uhr tickt, denn das kleine Mädchen kann ohne medizinische Versorgung nur wenige Tage überleben. Die forensische Profilerin Dr. Connie Woolwine ist bekannt für ihre Fähigkeit, sich in die Psyche der Mörder hineinversetzen zu können.

Everyone has a price... In pursuit of a golden writing opportunity, Sophie leaves her ex-boyfriend to pen the life story of elusive billionaire Tim Henderson, a visionary in the early days of fertility treatment. On his secluded Greek island, she stumbles upon an ancient labyrinth, its dark history steeped in old myths and chilling legends. But the island's present is even more menacing.

CDC researcher Nadine Parker and her team are baffled. Lukas Behn’s daughter Kyndra has contracted a bizarre new virus that leaves her screaming in pain. But they can't identify any physical, biological source for that pain, not in Kyndra, nor in the dozens, then hundreds, and finally millions of children worldwide succumbing to the same virus. And no one seems to have made a connection between what's happening with the infected children and the events on a small coral reef in the South Pacific.

Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her 15 years ago and never came back.

In Depths of a Mother's Soul, Samantha Mitchell is a tireless single mother, working three jobs to secure a better future for her daughter, Emily. When a long-awaited promotion offers hope, their lives take an unexpected turn. Years later, in their new, safer neighborhood, Emily's life hangs by a thread as a hidden heart condition is unveiled during a soccer game. In a moment of desperation, a mysterious figure from Samantha's past emerges, offering an audacious solution to their financial crisis—one that will test the limits of a mother's love.

Dr. Jacey Flanigan has worked tirelessly to achieve her dream of becoming a pediatric cardiologist. But when she moves to Manhattan to begin her career at a prestigious children's hospital, she discovers that the medical profession may not be what she expected. An encounter with an arrogant heart surgeon on her first day sets the tone for what's to come - a world of enigmatic physician behavior and questionable cardiac surgical practices cloaked in secrecy.

My name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my "death" ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at an Asylum for the Criminally Insane, and most of my patients know me as their Angel of Death. I know them as mass murderers, rapists, and serial killers—among other things.

Was, wenn eine jahrhundertealte Seuche aus der Arktis zurückkehrt? Als in Berlin Obdachlose an Milzbrand sterben, ist Wissenschaftsjournalistin Nina Falkenberg alarmiert. Die Fälle erinnern an ein Ereignis in Alaska vor 10 Jahren, als das Auftauen des Permafrostbodens einen tödlichen Erreger freisetzte. Ebenfalls in Alaska verschwindet Ninas Freund, der Milzbrand-Forscher Gereon Kirchner. Nina bittet ihren Bekannten Tom Morell, dorthin zu reisen und herauszufinden, was passiert ist. Schon kurz nach Toms Ankunft taucht in einem Eistunnel eine Frauenleiche auf.

In the dark labyrinth of his memories, can Cameron Todd uncover the truth about his girlfriend's fatal plunge from a clifftop? With a brain injury preventing him from remembering anything, even the night Emma died, Cameron is trapped in a sinister game of piecing together his fragmented past. Accusations swirl around him - the police, Emma's grieving family - they all question whether his amnesia is a mere pretence. As he struggles to reconstruct the mosaic of his life, Cameron discovers that his relationship with Emma may not have been as idyllic as he believed.

It all starts with Richard Davis, Justin's new patient, seeking help for uncontrollable anger and hostility. He can barely walk a New York City street without exploding at the people around him. Can Justin relieve him of his negativity, or is he too consumed with his own son Michael—a boy found after seven years in captivity, who is now void of any compassion or joy?

A psychologist specializing in near-death experiences, Dr. Joanna Lander has spent two years recording the experiences of those who have been declared clinically dead and lived to tell about it. A new doctor has arrived at Mercy General, one with the power to give Joanna the chance to get as close to death as anyone can. Dr. Richard Wright has come up with a way to manufacture the near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Dr. Wright is convinced that the NDE is a survival mechanism and that if only doctors understood how it worked, they could someday delay the dying process.

A doctor discovers that his mother’s world-renowned female cancer treatment has an intentional side effect. He solves the moral dilemma with tragic consequences and becomes embroiled in a deeper conspiracy.

Beklemmend, überraschend, nervenzerreißend. Der Psychothriller von Wiebke Lorenz lässt die Grenzen zwischen Fantasie und Realität verschwimmen. Steckt in jedem Menschen ein Mörder? In Gedanken hat Marie schon erschlagen, erwürgt und zerstückelt. Die furchtbar realen Gewaltfantasien kommen ohne Vorwarnung und machen ihr unaussprechliche Angst. Doch denken heißt nicht tun. Glaubt Marie. Bis ein grausamer Mord geschieht, der genau dem Horror-Drehbuch ihres Kopfes entsprungen zu sein scheint. Alle halten Marie für eine Mörderin. Auch sie selbst. Sie wird verurteilt, eingewiesen, weggesperrt.