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Bullet to the Brain is a Felix Hoenniker medical murder mystery. A short story at the intersection of a murder most foul, a drug dealer grappling with quantum entanglement, and a neurosurgeon who thinks he’s Sherlock Holmes. Throw in an angry girlfriend and a genius scientist who disco dances in stiletto heels, and you’re in for a wild ride.

His wife is dying of lymphoma; a murder-suicide is upending his department; his best friend is in florid manic psychosis, as a virus from his laboratory wreaks havoc—and things are about to get complicated: Meet Dr. Noah Brugge, chief medical examiner of Vermont.

Eine Klinik, in der nichts ist wie es scheint... Der fesselnde Psycho-Thriller über eine Frau, die um ihr Leben und um die Wahrheit kämpft. In einem renommierten Reha- und Trauma-Zentrum suchen Leah und ihr Mann Maik nach einem traumatischen Einbruch Zuflucht. Während Leah unverletzt blieb, wurde Maik angeschossen und schwebt in Lebensgefahr. Doch in dem Zentrum geschehen seltsame Dinge, und Leah spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Sie fühlt sich in ihrem Verdacht bestätigt, als Maik sich plötzlich verändert und Leah den Zugang zu ihm zu verlieren droht.

Reunited again, Jon, Brooke, and Lucas head to the Los Muertos camp, 80 miles southeast of New Atlanta. Brooke is distraught, still processing her time as a prisoner in the camp, and the reappearance of her husband. With Peter now dead, Brooke must decide whether to face her son with the news. But other decisions loom, as she and Jon have to choose whether to stay with Los Muertos under the threat of another attack from New Atlanta, or head back out on the highways to face the dangers of the world and try to find peace somewhere.

Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im Rechtsmedizin-Thriller "Mit kalter Präzision" von Bestseller-Autor Michael Tsokos ermittelt erstmals Dr. Sabine Yao aus Berlin. Der erste Teil von Michael Tsokos‘ neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe. "Mit kalter Präzision" ist der Start der neuen rechtsmedizinischen Reihe von Michael Tsokos. Hauptfigur ist Dr. Sabine Yao, die wir bereits als Rechtsmedizinerin im Sektionssaal an der Seite von Dr. Fred Abel aus der berühmten Fred Abel-Thriller-Reihe von Michael Tsokos kennen.

Jade, a beautiful young woman suffering from depression and despair, is trying to escape her past...a former life that catches up with her during every full moon. Justin’s biggest obstacle to helping her is Jade herself. The closer he gets to the root of her problems, the further away she pushes him—leaving Justin questioning both her sincerity and his own professional skills.

Zahra Kane is a brilliant and daring archaeologist. The former British Army Intelligence linguist has used her fluency in a laundry list of languages, as well as her combat training, to succeed at the highest level. The intrepid adventurer isn't afraid to get her hands dirty or blow past the point of no return to obtain her prize. Late one night, she receives a frantic phone call from her estranged brother, an Egyptologist who's been tasked with examining a newly discovered tomb and the prize it contains: the original Book of the Dead-a scroll made of human skin and penned in human blood.

Smart, gripping, and bristling with tension, The Candidate Coroner is the third explosive installment in the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries. With its sharp forensic detail, complex characters, and emotional stakes, this is a murder mystery for listeners who crave both heart and grit.

A cure for aging is all the rage these days, with scientists only a few decades away from extending life to 150 years or more. So when Dr. Ben Peterson is offered twenty million dollars to develop the so-called Body Fortress Drug—a cure for all disease—he was surprised as anyone when he actually did it! However, along the way, he also developed the opposite, a drug that leaves the body susceptible to ALL diseases . . . the perfect biological weapon.

Grausame Verbrechen im ländlichen Idyll: Kay Scarpetta ermittelt. Der grausame Mord an der elfjährigen Emily Steiner schockiert die Kleinstadt Black Mountain im Westen von North Carolina. Die örtliche Polizei hatte es bislang selten mit Mord oder sexuellem Missbrauch von Kindern zu tun - und noch niemals mit einem Fall, auf den beides zutraf. Die Menschen dort kommen nicht mal auf die Idee, nachts ihre Haustüren abzuschließen. Gerichtsmedizinerin Kay Scarpetta, die in Virginia in einem ähnlichen Fall ermittelt, wird hinzugezogen und steht zunächst vor unlösbaren Rätseln.

Ein alt bekannter Serienmörder schlägt zurück und sucht gierig sein nächstes Opfer... Stille ist eingekehrt im nächtlichen New York, der Central Park ruht unter einer dicken Schneeschicht – eine Szenerie, wie sie idyllischer kaum sein könnte. Wäre da nicht die Frauenleiche, die in eben diesem Park an einem eingefrorenen Brunnen lehnt. Die Handschrift der Tat ist unverkennbar: Serienmörder Temple Brooks Gault hat wieder zugeschlagen. Er wird noch weiter morden, doch bald wird klar, dass er es eigentlich nur auf ein Opfer abgesehen hat: Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta.

When renowned psychiatrist Dr. Justin Wright takes on Frank Devlin as a patient, he quickly discovers Frank’s mind is unlike anything he’s encountered before. Determined to help, Justin plunges into Frank’s psyche, unaware that he’s opened the door to something far darker than he ever imagined. What begins as a desperate attempt to heal a broken mind spirals into a nightmare of manipulation, deceit, and tragedy, for Justin and his family.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta ermittelt gegen ein mörderisches Phantom und bringt sich selbst in große Gefahr... Kann Scarpetta das Phantom fangen oder fängt das Phantom Scarpetta? Ein spannender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Unter großem öffentlichem Protest wird der Schwarze Ronnie Joe Waddell in Virginia auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet. Wenig später bekommt es die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta mit einem grausamen Mord an einem Dreizehnjährigen zu tun, den eigentlich nur Waddell begangen haben kann - nach seiner Obduktion.

A race against time to bring the cure for a deadly virus to a dying spouse. Although the Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the world, Dr. Mark Spencer’s small town in Northern Ontario is largely unaffected, other than being in lockdown and preparing for the potential onslaught. When his wife, Sarah—already attending a conference in Florida when the borders close—becomes deathly ill, she is admitted to a local hospital with minimal resources to treat Covid patients.

Ann devoted years to her mother's care. Now, in a bid to escape the emptiness of her old flat and the paperwork caused by her death, Ann finds herself in a bar upstate. She has been so good for so long, she deserves a little fun. Justin is also grieving but his wife is still alive. She has been dying for a long time and they say she doesn't have long left. He deserves a little fun, too. Justin asks Ann to move in just a few weeks later. A million miles away from her lonely life in New York, here Ann finds a world where she is wanted and needed by both Justin and his little girl, Sophie.

When a student in Professor Brad Parker's lab at the Maine Translational Research Institute in Wells is wrongfully accused of sharing answers on an exam, he tries to help. Only to encounter a series of unexpected obstacles. Burglary. Bribery. A suspicious suicide. And then the professor who accused the students of cheating is killed. Leaving Brad and his fiancée, FBI Agent Karen Richmond, desperately trying to understand what's going on behind the scenes.

Tanna Christensen spent countless hours planning for her first gross anatomy dissection, but nothing could have prepared her for what she’s found. Beneath her scalpel lies a cadaver riddled with disturbing genetic abnormalities—evidence pointing to an unthinkable crime.

When Kennedy Logan arrives for an interview with the mysterious organization known only as TUBE, her eyes are wide open. Her reward for passing the tests—and she will pass the tests—is her first assignment. A man is being blackmailed. But his story doesn't quite hang together. Kennedy must uncover the truth. And, once she knows everything, only then will she be ready to be his judge and jury.

When you hear her story, will you believe her? Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood. Down-on-his-luck true...

Nothing is as dangerous as a government agency scorned. When Dr. Meiling Chen-Adams is threatened with prison for practicing without a license and accused of killing people in Africa with her monoclonal antibodies, she finds herself in the crosshairs of a high-stakes political battle.