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Dedicated pathologist Dr. Sophie Cadeaux discovers faulty lab tests missing cancer. She determines to get to the bottom of it, but corrupt hospital employees and academics tied to corporate interests conspire to stop her with threats, censorship, and bribery. The stakes escalate when her teenage son is targeted. Can she keep patients, herself and her loved ones safe?

So many secrets in Nespodee Springs…the biggest is revealed when Rhys and Daley track down the second half of the Pendry film and learn the secrets of the clan’s Tesla tower and the catastrophic details of the plan to bring the Visitors back to Earth. But the insidious malady known as “the horrors” remains a mystery, claiming more and more victims every day.

As the minutes tick down, Warning Signs explodes into a gripping story of crime and punishment, tragedy and retribution—and of human beings caught in the shattering cross fire of forces beyond their control…forces sometimes within themselves.

A well-known scientist, who has recently discovered an effective vaccine for cocaine addiction, dies from anaphylaxis after a routine injection in the office of his allergist, Dr. Leonard Haberman. A malpractice lawsuit ensues, fanned by a politically ambitious senator. Questions arise when it is discovered that the cocaine vaccine specifications are missing along with the head technician who worked closely with the deceased scientist. CBI Agent Ben Locke connects these events with a cold case involving the mysterious death of another scientist.

For high-powered personal injury attorney Noah Byron, the good things in life come with a price tag - cars, houses, women. That's why he represents only cases that come with the possibility of a nice cut of the action. But as a favor to his ex-wife, he meets with the mother of twelve-year-old Joel, a boy poisoned by tainted children's medicine. While the official story is that a psycho tampered with bottles, the boy's mother believes something much more sinister is at work...and the trail leads right back to the pharmaceutical company.

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession . . . until the day when he's called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force. Galen is a paladin of a dead god, lost to holiness and no longer entirely sane. He has long since given up on any hope of love. But when the two men and a brave gnole constable are drawn into the maze of the mysterious killer, it's Galen's job to protect Piper from the traps that await.

Ein Jahr nach den albtraumhaften Ereignissen in Bremen hofft die Gynäkologin Dr. Eva Mares auf Ruhe. Doch der Neuanfang auf dem Land steht unter keinem guten Stern: Ihre Tochter zieht sich zurück, das Geld wird knapp, die Ehe ist angespannt. Dann stehen eines Nachts ein fremder Mann und seine hochschwangere Tochter Nina vor Evas Tür, es geht ihr nicht gut. Eva untersucht die Schwangere und kann Entwarnung geben, doch Nina hinterlässt ihr eine Botschaft auf dem Spiegel im Gästebad, in der sie um Hilfe bittet. Am nächsten Tag sind die beiden verschwunden.

FIRST, DO NO HARM. As the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Dade Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Morgan Connolly faces death and suffering on a daily basis. So when two brothers in her care die suddenly as a result of rapidly advanced cases of meningitis, she is saddened but knows she has to let it go...

From the "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced spine chiller about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as we know it. “Masterful . . . Robin Cook is at the top of his game.” –#1 NYT...

From the "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times) Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie return in a gripping new novel of greed, corruption, and the lethal cost of private equity in healthcare Dr. Jack Stapleton thought he’d left behind the ruthless world of corporate...

The Memory Thief When saving someone's memories means losing your soul, how much would you sacrifice for love? Dr. Elena Vasquez has dedicated her life to fighting Alzheimer's, but when her beloved grandmother Rosa begins losing precious memories to the disease, Elena makes a desperate choice that changes everything. An experimental treatment seems to work —until Rosa starts reporting visits from a mysterious figure who claims he's there to help. What Elena discovers next will challenge everything she believes about memory, consciousness, and the nature of love itself.

A brutal murder of a well-known and respected senior physician at Tempe General shocks the community. But it's just the beginning-a violent avenger stalks the hospital's corridors and more people may be on his kill list. After AJ Docker fails to resuscitate the first victim, he is determined to prevent further violence. With his friend Dirk at his side and Banshee guarding his back, Doc hunts for the killer. His inquiries uncover the hospital's dark, sordid past and lead him to seek files rumored to contain information that might identify the killer.

Emily aveva undici anni. È stata uccisa, violentata e mutilata. Un delitto agghiacciante, che lascia intuire la mano di Temple Gault, l'inafferrabile serial killer già sgusciato fra le dita di Kay Scarpetta nel corso di precedenti indagini. Ma i dubbi attanagliano Kay, chiamata a indagare in qualità di patologo legale dell'FBI. È la necessità di uscire da questa impasse a condurre Kay alla fabbrica dei corpi, un istituto universitario di ricerca dove viene studiata la decomposizione dei cadaveri e dove verrà condotto un agghiacciante esperimento.

This set contains books seven to nine in the gripping, fast-paced crime fiction series featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Ritual Demise, Mortal Remains, and Silent Graves.

The most lethal virus in history has begun its spread to the mainland US. Fast-spreading and with the ability to take over the host's immune system, the pathogen seems unstoppable. Dr. Samantha Bower of the Centers for Disease Control has encountered the virus before, and it nearly cost her her life. A mysterious man is killing those who could stop the virus. Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, his motivations are unclear. And he has chosen a new target: Samantha Bower.

A CD edition of this popular Christie mystery. Read by Hugh Fraser, Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle...

Some patients die on schedule. Some don’t. When terminally ill patients begin surviving longer than medicine predicts, the extensions are not miracles. They are brief, painful, and unsettlingly precise. Just enough time to remain lucid. Just enough time to say goodbye. Jack Carrington, a forensic pathologist, notices patterns no one else wants to see. Bodies show signs of deliberate intervention, not to cure, but to correct. The work is elegant. Controlled. Intentional. At a hospice across town, a nurse learns that certain questions change everything. Questions about consent. About suffering.

Mittlerer Westen der USA. Rachel Finley erinnert sich an einen Blick. An einen stillen Jungen auf dem Schulhof - mit traurigen Augen und einer Dunkelheit, die niemand verstand. Jahre später begegnet sie ihm wieder: Kale Hatfield. Ein Mann voller Geheimnisse. Ein Mann, der vor seiner eigenen Vergangenheit flieht. Was Rachel nicht weiß: Kales Leben wurde von Gewalt, Missbrauch und psychischen Abgründen gezeichnet. In seinem Inneren kämpfen mehrere Persönlichkeiten um Kontrolle - und eine davon kennt keine Gnade.

The New York Times–bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense. George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous...

A mysterious electrical storm plunges Manhattan into darkness. As a strange, smothering fog rolls in, all communication crashes. In the blink of an eye, the island seems to vanish into a void. FBI special agent Jessica Blackwood and brilliant scientist Dr. Theo Cray know this isn’t a freak accident. It’s a sinister sleight of hand. Their greatest adversary, a serial killer and cultist known as the Warlock, has escaped during a prison transfer in New York. A depraved master of manipulation, he promised the end of days. He’s making good on it.