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Bloomsbury presents Bone China by Laura Purcell, read by Laura Kirman. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans...

Can a transplant change who you are? What if the donor had some... disturbing urges? Adam's father has had a heart transplant. Now he goes missing at night, coming back dirty, with torn clothes and wounds, not remembering what he was doing. And in the meantime there are more and more young...

Mia ist sechs Jahre alt. Und ständig krank. Fieber, Erbrechen, unerklärliche Schmerzen – die Liste ihrer Symptome wird immer länger. 47 Arztbesuche in drei Jahren. 15 Krankenhausaufenthalte. Neun verschiedene Diagnosen. Keine einzige bestätigt. Ihre Mutter Lisa ist immer an ihrer Seite. Tag und Nacht. Aufopferungsvoll. Bewundernswert. Die perfekte Mutter. Doch dann beginnt Dr. Sarah Kemper, Fragen zu stellen. Warum bessern sich Mias Symptome nur, wenn die Mutter nicht da ist? Warum drängt Lisa auf immer invasivere Untersuchungen?

Ancora una volta Kay Scarpetta si trova ad affrontare l'orrore. Richmond: nel container di un cargo proveniente da Anversa viene rinvenuto il cadavere di un uomo in avanzato stato di decomposizione; l'autopsia, eseguita dall'anatomopatologa Kay Scarpetta, non riesce a stabilire con precisione la causa della morte e la polizia non è in grado di identificarlo. Unico indizio, un nome su uno scatolone: "Loup-Garou", "lupo mannaro". È la firma dell'assassino? È la stessa mano criminale che in Francia strazia le sue vittime con terrificanti rituali?

From USA Today Bestselling Author Jenifer Ruff —a dark suspense thriller series featuring a fascinating, twisted protagonist. Everett At Everett College, perfection has a DARK side…Beautiful and brilliant Brooke, a transfer student with a mysterious past, aims to graduate first in her class at Everett and attend medical school. Her classmates and professors are captivated by her achievements and appearance. Only Jessica, a wealthy socialite fueled by prescription pills and a huge case of snobbery, senses there's something not quite right about the perfect student.

When lives matter, profit kills. In this high-stakes world of emergency medicine, the greatest threat isn’t trauma. It’s the tyrant in charge. The Rescue Flight medevac crew is back. A catastrophic multi-vehicle crash in the Colorado Rockies exposes an administrator’s deadly greed. To protect the victims, the team must defy their boss—even if it means risking their careers. With the highway shut down and time running out, seven lives hang in the balance. The fear is real. So is the countdown. And Terry? He’s watching every move.

A nurse. A murderer. A choice no one should have to make. Beth Cronin has spent years trying to outrun the night her mother was killed. Her family shattered, she grew up with a father locked in grief and an unrelenting demand for justice. Now a nurse in a busy Dublin hospital, Beth has built a...

Some patients are admitted. Others are brought. When investigative analyst Nora Voss discovers a patient listed in a hospital transfer log with no admission record, she assumes it's a clerical mistake. Hospitals lose paperwork every day. But the deeper she digs into restricted archives and security records, the more impossible the situation becomes. The patient was transferred through a department that doesn't officially exist. The Clearance Ward.

Two mysterious deaths—one in LA, one in Boston. Same horrific symptoms. No known cause. ONLY WRONG ONCE is the first book in the pulse-pounding FBI & CDC Thriller series from USA Today bestselling author Jenifer Ruff, and a remarkable look at the efforts and sacrifices of those who protect us. When FBI counterterrorism agent Quinn Traynor discovers the first victim of a lethal, unfamiliar virus, he calls CDC epidemiologist Madeline Hamilton. Their investigation reveals an imminent bio-terror attack, and their only hope is to identify the terrorists carrying the disease before it spreads.

Two young American tourists are brutally murdered in Cancun. A private investigator in Connecticut is desperate to uncover the truth about a missing coed. At the heart of both matters is Brooke Walton, a young medical student. When her summer internship in a Medical Examiner's Office exposes a disturbing mystery and her ruthless brilliance, authorities take a closer look. Can Brooke save her own beautiful skin with someone watching her every move? Will one more murder solve her urgent problems, or dig her an even deeper grave?

Medical school at Rothaker University is cutthroat, which is perfect for first-year student Brooke Walton. She thrives on the work and the stress—it's the people she can do without. Except for Xander Cross, a handsome former college football player who just completed a tour in Afghanistan. Brooke is intrigued by Xander's troubled past and wants to get to the bottom of his darkest secrets. But when Brooke's anatomy partner, Rachael, insists Brooke violated the honor code, all Brooke's accomplishments and years of hard work are in jeopardy and she could be expelled from prestigious Rothaker.

It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace. But, as Anya Crichton soon discovers, cruise ships aren't all that they seem... Statistics tell us that a woman is twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise ship than on dry land. Customers aren't screened...

Scientist Emma Miller was the first American infected in the Pandoravirus pandemic, which triggers violent rages and sociopathic homicide. No longer fettered by morality or emotion, she has attracted millions of followers, both infected and uninfected. But is she America's worst nightmare - or its only hope? Emma's twin sister Isabel and brother Noah struggle against the threats posed by rampant infection, deadly civil unrest, and desperate government measures. Their - and humanity's - only chance for a future may lie in an alliance with Emma and her expanding community. 

Es ist ein unsichtbarer Feind. Ein Feind, der tötet. Der renommierte Virologe Michael Schrammer wird ermordet in seinem Labor aufgefunden. Sehr schnell hegt Kommissar Torben Brauer den Verdacht, dass dieser an etwas ganz anderem geforscht hat, als lediglich an einem Mittel gegen das neuartige Wuhan-Virus, welches weltweit bereits Tausende von Todesopfern gefordert hat. Liegt der Schlüssel zur Wahrheit vielleicht in den verschlüsselten Dokumenten auf dem Computer des toten Virologen? Erst nach und nach begreift Kommissar Brauer, dass er es mit einem übermächtigen Gegner zu tun hat, der vor nichts zurückschreckt.

Milan, Italy, today. It is the most serious crisis that the world has ever faced. Bewildered, young and old, believers and atheists are asking all the same distressing questions: What will they do now that the greatest dream of humanity has turned into a nightmare? What will happen when the countdown clock winds to zero?

Die allseits beliebte Lehrerin Cora Gundersun beendet ihr Leben und das vieler Unschuldiger in einem riesigen Feuerball. Als später nach Hinweisen für ihre Tat gesucht wird, findet man ein Tagebuch, das nur den Schluss zulässt, dass die Täterin geisteskrank war. Jane Hawk weiß es besser - hat sich ihr Mann doch ebenfalls aus heiterem Himmel das Leben genommen. Auf ihrer Suche nach Antworten hat sie eine Verschwörung bis in höchste Regierungskreise entdeckt, und jagt nun deren Hintermänner. Mittlerweile ist die FBI-Agentin die meistgesuchte Person der USA.

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Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

Sharon Stevenson is a forensic psychiatrist. Her job is to decide whether a patient is of sound enough mind to stand trial, not whether they did or didn’t commit a crime. But Sharon is also a mother grieving the disappearance of her seventeen-year-old daughter, Maddie, who has never been found. And what if the man sitting before her, who has been charged with the murders of several women, also claimed the life of her sweet girl? It’s time to find out the truth.

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.