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Una doctora. Una paciente. Una terrible mentira. Años después descubrí que no podía tener hijos y ahora trabajo en una clínica de fertilidad, ayudando a otras parejas a conseguir lo que yo nunca podré tener. Es así como él vuelve a mi vida: acude con su mujer como pacientes a la clínica en la que trabajo, desesperados por ser padres. ¿Los ayudo a concebir, a pesar del riesgo que supondría? Tengo que tomar una decisión que podría destruirnos… o ayudarnos a todos. Mi ex cree que conoce mis secretos. Pero no sabe hasta dónde estoy dispuesta a llegar para conseguir lo que siempre he querido.

Feminist dystopian thrillers have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home. ‘I’m going to snuff out the old witches–every last one of them!’ Childbirth in England is a state-controlled procedure. Midwives have been outlawed for decades. Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.

Working the night shift in a busy ICU, nurse Maya Rivera knows hospitals never truly sleep—they only hide their secrets better after dark. When a patient who seemed stable suddenly dies, Maya is shaken. When another follows under eerily similar circumstances, she begins to notice patterns no one else wants to see. Both patients were enrolled in a cutting-edge heart-failure drug trial. Both crashed without warning. Both died during the quietest hours of the night.

For warehouse supervisor Mark Jenkins, scoring a reservation at The Gilded Fork was supposed to be the ultimate anniversary gift. It Is the city’s most exclusive dining experience—a place of velvet banquettes, crystal chandeliers, and a waitlist a year long. But beneath the culinary mystery lies a secret far darker than a ruined meal.

Kriminal- und Forensikpsychologin Dr. Autumn Trent hat ihren Koffer noch nicht ausgepackt, da soll sie schon das FBI bei einem neuen Fall unterstützen. Diesmal reist sie mit ihrem Team nach Norden, wo ein Spinnennetz aus Täuschung und Mord gewoben wird. An der Ostküste werden wohlhabende Witwer zur leichten Beute einer Gruppe von Schwarzen Witwen, die sich an ihren saftigen Bankkonten laben. Doch in Passavant Hills, Pennsylvania, haben sie es nicht nur auf Geld abgesehen. Hier stehen auch Demütigung, Rache und Menschenblut auf ihrer Speisekarte.

In the aftermath of a catastrophic flu pandemic, the United States is a desolate wasteland. Overwhelmed quarantine centers and FEMA labor camps fail under the strain of asymptomatic carriers and a virulent mutating virus. Amidst this chaos, Teddy Sanders and Ein Becker flee captivity, venturing through the ruins in search of sanctuary.

Kleine Tierkadaver – eine Ratte, ein Kaninchen, ein Eichhörnchen – tauchen in Charlotte, North Carolina, auf, verstümmelt und auf bizarre Weise inszeniert. Der forensischen Anthropologin Tempe Brennan ist Tierquälerei zutiefst verhasst. Ihre Beunruhigung wächst, als die Entdeckungen immer makabrer werden. Mit Hochdruck versucht sie dem Täter auf die Spur zu kommen. Denn es scheint nur eine Frage der Zeit zu sein, bis ein Mensch zum Opfer wird …

Alex, der durch einen Unfall seine Beine und einen Arm einbüßte, meldet sich aus Verzweiflung bei dem geheimen Forschungsschiff "Cheiron". An Bord der "Cheiron" erfahren sie, dass die Forschungen einen gravierenden Haken haben: Um Fortschritte zu erzielen, müssen Lilou und Alex sterben. Wieder und wieder. Noch dazu lösen die Experimente nicht immer steuerbare Kräfte aus. Dann häufen sich unheimliche Vor- und Todesfälle an Bord… Bevor Lilou und Alex der Sache nachgehen können, wird die "Cheiron" durch Unbekannte aufgebracht.

How far will you go to keep your past from catching up with you? For twenty years Dr Gray Parker has kept the demons from her past from derailing her successful career as a paediatrician. Now she is the frontrunner for the Endeavour Prize it’s no surprise she agrees to give a patient a dose of an unlicenced drug – a harmless steroid – as a favour to the drug company running the award. But no one, least of all Gray, is ready for the appalling truth: that the drug does more harm than good, and that Gray’s patient won’t ever recover.

Una famosa paleontologa sparisce durante gli scavi in un cimitero di dinosauri. Il giorno seguente nella baia di Boston viene ripescato il cadavere mummificato di una donna insieme a una rara specie di tartaruga marina. Kay Scarpetta intuisce che i due eventi sono da collegare alla scomparsa di altre donne. Cosa e chi si nasconde dietro tutto questo? Forse per la prima volta Kay teme di essere davvero sola di fronte a un nemico che sembra impossibile sconfiggere.

Officer Eden Mercer never backs down. With her loyal K-9 partner Shadow by her side, she patrols the fog-shrouded streets of Nightfall, Oregon—where danger hides in the most unexpected places. When a young woman turns up dead at the base of a hiking trail, what looks like a tragic accident quickly unravels into something far more sinister. The victim had no history of drug use—so why was her blood full of methadone?

When medical intern Harry Lindmark’s patient gruesomely dies, he fears an Angel of Death is loose in his hospital. Soon, however, Harry falls under suspicion when unexpected deaths mount. His desperate investigation to clear his name reveals a nightmarish conspiracy—hungering souls of those long-dead are killing his patients, led by the vengeful soul of former physician Sylvester Morrow, as heartless in death as he was in life.

A pharmaceutical giant has teamed up with the Pitt County, North Carolina public health department to test a drug that could help millions improve their health. But someone is sabotaging the research. Healthcare researcher Jeannie Johal is sent to Greenville, NC on special assignment to find out why. Little does she know that even before she begins, plans are underway to persuade her to leave the project.

When Ethan Reeves dies under suspicious circumstances, his widow Cecilia refuses to accept the official story. Partnering with William Thorne, Ethan's best friend, she uncovers a chilling truth: her husband's death was no accident—it was murder. Their investigation leads them into the shadowy corridors of the Skylar Corporation, where a dangerous medical device called Nightingale has been approved despite fatal flaws. As Cecilia and William dig deeper, they discover a web of corporate corruption, silenced whistleblowers, and powerful people willing to kill to protect their secrets.

Sadie had always been one to care for others, but when her father's illness ended tragically—something inside her changed. Now working in a local pharmacy, she watches Ryan, a former college classmate, struggle with the weight of his own mother's suffering. Overhearing his heartache sparks a twisted idea in Sadie's mind - an idea that she can't seem to shake. What starts as an obsession to ease his pain soon spirals into a dangerous game of morality and control.

Cuando Elena Arteaga llega a urgencias del Hospital San Rafael tras sufrir un accidente cerebrovascular, no sospecha que está a punto de cruzar un portal invisible. Mientras la burocracia sanitaria intenta clasificarla con el código F085 —"Otros delirios"—, Elena comienza a percibir lo que nadie más puede ver: fantasmas de pacientes olvidados que deambulan por los pasillos, hilos luminosos que conectan a personas con decisiones médicas, y administradores algorítmicos que manipulan el destino de los enfermos desde las sombras.

Dr. William Stonehurst has found not just a treatment, but an actual cure for severe PTSD by developing a way to remove the memory of the trauma that caused the PTSD. He then discovers that it is possible to place these removed memories in another person, and it becomes an option for sentencing for repeat violent offenders. Implanting memories of people who suffered the type of violence that the convict perpetrated is thought to reduce recidivism, make them feel real empathy for their victims, and increase the chances of rehabilitation.

Neither is his young assistant, Abigail Platford, immune to Dr. Rome's persuasive charm. Abigail once dreamed of becoming a doctor, though of a much different sort. That dream ended with her father's tragic death from a medical error for which she holds herself responsible. But Dr. Rome, who proudly displays his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, seems to believe in her. If he were willing to act as her mentor, might there still be a chance to fulfill her dream of someday becoming a doctor serving New York City's poor?

David Hunter, médecin et anthropologue médico-légal, se rend dans les îles Hébrides, au large de l'Écosse, pour examiner un cadavre qui laisse les locaux perplexes. Un corps entièrement calciné, à l'exception des pieds et d'une main, vient d'être retrouvé dans une ferme abandonnée. Certainement pas un cas de combustion spontanée, comme on voudrait le faire croire. Hunter doit faire parler le cadavre avant que le meurtrier, qui rôde encore sur l'île coupée du monde par une tempête, ne s'en prenne à lui.

Una joven psiquiatra motivada pero insegura comienza su primer trabajo en una unidad psiquiátrica de mujeres, solo para encontrarse con una fría resistencia, extrañas irregularidades y señales preocupantes de maltrato. Rechazada no solo por sus colegas sino incluso por sus pacientes, está a punto de renunciar cuando ocurre una tragedia: una de sus pacientes muere por suicidio.