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A company in Switzerland has been working to make the future of medicine and surgery a present-day reality. Their successes have been stacking up for over a decade, and their next project promises great things. Until things start to go awry. Animal experimentation has never been an easy path for medical corporations. Especially when those animals revolt. A woman seeks out the help of Harvey Bennett and the CSO team to bring down an organization she believes is engaging in some questionable research.

State pathologist Terry O'Brien is about to take on her toughest role yet. Tasked with leading the Open Case Review Unit, her usual post-mortem work has been extended to cold-case investigation into unsolved suspicious deaths. When a garda detective is murdered, his body mutilated and dumped on gangland ground, she is called in. As a large-scale investigation takes shape to hunt down the killers, Terry's post-mortem uncovers uncomfortable evidence. She soon finds herself up against the powers that be.

The task looks simple to Joe Mayfield and his wife, hacker extraordinaire, Weezy Napolitani: find a stolen laboratory notebook. But when professional assassins attack Joe and Weezy and a biotech’s lead scientist is kidnapped, it’s apparent something much larger than a missing notebook is at stake. It’s a few years in the future. Gene therapy has come of age, bringing with it the hope of curing genetically driven diseases. For Gerard Crecher, the altruistic vision of saving the planet becomes justification to sacrifice a few climate change deniers by altering a few crucial genes.

In a world tethered to technology, freedom hangs by a thread. Dr. Alexander Cade created NeuroAxis to heal—an advanced neural implant meant to restore mobility and eliminate pain. But when a security breach in his clinic reveals a chilling truth, Cade realizes his work has been corrupted: the technology meant to save lives is now hijacking minds. Teaming up with Sarah Voss, a brilliant hacker haunted by her past, and Detective Sam Torres, a skeptic chasing digital phantoms, Cade uncovers a global conspiracy built not on care, but control.

When Laurie Montgomery temporarily steps down from her position as Chief Medical Examiner at the OCME to get a break from office politics, she and Jack decide to embark on a weekend getaway. And the timing couldn't be better when they receive a call from Jack's old peer, Robert Neilson MD, about two strange deaths and their potential association with the upswing in Alzheimer's cases in Essex Falls. Deciding this is just what the doctor ordered, Laurie and Jack agree to help, and head upstate.

In 1856 Boston, Katherine Ann Taylor was the picture of a perfect daughter—until she defied her father. Declared mentally unfit, she is forcibly committed to Ridgefield Asylum, a place where disobedient women are silenced under the guise of care. Stripped of her freedom, subjected to cruel treatments, and haunted by the eerie presence of Dr. Julian Aldridge, Katherine struggles to hold onto her sanity as Ridgefield threatens to consume her. Beyond the asylum’s iron gates, those who love Katherine refuse to let her disappear.

Helen Vardon gesteht, die Schuld am Tod ihres Mannes auf sich geladen zu haben. Für Scotland Yard ist der Fall eindeutig: Die grausame Frau machte ihrem Mann das Leben zur Ehe-Hölle und trieb ihn mit allen Mitteln suggestiven Psycho-Terrors in den Selbstmord. Einzig Dr. Thorndyke, der mit diesem Fall aus medizinischer Sicht betraut wird, hegt Zweifel am Wahrheitsgehalt dieses Geständnisses.

Ruben Hornby ist verzweifelt: Der Abdruck seines Daumens, den man am Tatort findet, belastet ihn schwer. Und doch schwört der junge Mann, unschuldig zu sein. Für Scotland Yard aber liegt der Fall buchstäblich auf der Hand: Hornby stahl die Diamanten aus dem Safe seines Onkels, verletzte sich in einem Moment der Unachtsamkeit und hinterließ dabei unfreiwillig den Daumenabdruck, der den Täter zweifelsfrei identifiziert. Hornby greift in seiner Not nach einem letzten Strohhalm: Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke.

Vesper Harrow verlässt London, um einige Tage im Ferienhaus ihrer Eltern am Meer zu verbringen. Doch in Hensgrove verliert sich jede Spur der Neunzehnjährigen. Dr. Thorndyke macht sich auf den. Weg, das ungewisse Schicksal des Mädchens aufzuklären. Jäh muss er begreifen, dass er in diesem Fall mit den herkömmlichen Methoden nicht weiterkommt - denn sein unsichtbarer Gegner. verwandelt Hensgrove und das abgelegene New Inn 31 in eine lebendige Hölle. Einzig die mysteriöse Berenice scheint die Wahrheit zu kennen, doch auch sie hütet ein blutiges Geheimnis...

In life, it's always the goal to be the most loved, respected, and adored. The favorite, if you will. However, Demi Rao has realized that being the favorite isn't always a dream come true. Being the favorite can be your worst nightmare. After barely escaping, Demi finds herself at the gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, exclusive resort run by her former psychopath boss, Dr. Ivory's younger brother.

In this third book of Nora Brady’s adventure, Nora and her friend Tina are now in Dublin, Ireland, on a work-study phase of their student-nursing program. Charmed by life in Dublin, Nora soon learns that even there people can have a dark side. After meeting fellow students Ailish and Maire, who are cousins of her friend from home, Dan Maguire—the police detective in Jacobsport—she once again becomes entangled in a web of politics, lost jewels, and murder. This time, however, she has help from above.

Remi's chest constricted painfully as she struggled to breathe. Rushed to the hospital, she received mysterious treatment due to a medical error, which miraculously stopped the asthma attack and restored her breathing. While she felt healthier than ever before, along with this astonishing recovery came peculiar abilities and Remi couldn't shake off the sense of foreboding. This miraculous healing may have come at a cost that she wasn't prepared to pay.

Frank's six-year-old daughter Maddie is sick. Very sick. Her mother is out of town and he's on his own to handle the emergency. But the doctors can't find anything wrong and money is quickly running out. Frank is desperate, and he begins to consider the unthinkable. Shelly is a social worker with a pill problem. When a case spins out of control, she finds herself out of pills and at the end of her rope. Then she gets a call to check into a tip from an EMT: A father who may be making his own daughter ill. Will Shelly intervene in time, or will she fail to save a child... again?

When Shelby Arnold slipped into the airplane bathroom to argue with her husband, she never would have thought it would save her life. But it did. While she bickers with him over video chat, an unexplained phenomenon strikes the earth with devastating force, and the world is plunged into darkness and silence. In an instant, ninety percent of the population loses both their sight and their hearing. Shelby is not one of them. She and a few others on flight 1515 are spared the effects of the anomaly. Unfortunately, they are not spared the horrors of the world they face once they land.

Wenn die Retterin selbst Rettung braucht, wer wird dann antworten? Hauptmann Tanja Storm glaubte, endlich Frieden gefunden zu haben. Sie tauschte das Schlachtfeld gegen die Offiziersschule ein und konzentriert sich darauf, ihr Leben wieder aufzubauen und für ihren im Rollstuhl sitzenden Sohn William zu sorgen, dem eine experimentelle Behandlung in Seoul die Hoffnung gibt, wieder laufen zu können.

When a bird flu pandemic reaches the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. As the community becomes more desperate, the hunt for scapegoats begins. Extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground while nurse Sandra Hägg...

Convocata d'urgenza durante la notte di capodanno, la dottoressa Kay Scarpetta deve esaminare il corpo di Ted Eddings, un reporter investigativo ucciso mentre stava facendo un'immersione non autorizzata nelle acque ghiacciate dell'arsenale di Norfolk. Ma cosa stava cercando di così importante il giornalista? E chi ha voluto impedirgli di trovarla?Per scoprirlo Kay dovrà affrontare ancora una volta un'indagine ad alto rischio.

Epidemiologist Leigh Austen can’t shake her lasting guilt. As the sole survivor of her team’s encounter with the Black Nile virus, Austen is tormented with memories of her colleagues' horrific deaths. But when an unknown pathogen annihilates an entire Asian village, she must bury the nightmares and step up to help prevent a worldwide epidemic.

Ein illegales Labor, ein skrupelloser Geschäftsmann und zwei Brüder auf der Flucht vor ihrer Vergangenheit. Owen Martin ist einer der erfolgreichsten Pharmaziehersteller der USA. Dass sein Erfolg auf illegalen Versuchen an Minderjährigen beruht, wissen nur wenige. Blake McLain jedoch kennt das Geheimnis des skrupellosen Geschäftsmannes, denn er und sein kleiner Bruder waren sieben Jahre lang in einem seiner Labore gefangen. Als es Blake durch einen glücklichen Zufall gelingt, sich und Sam zu befreien, beginnt eine unerbittliche Verfolgungsjagd quer durch die Staaten.

Die Leiche einer Namenlosen bereitet Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. M. J. Novak Kopfzerbrechen. Ein Bluttest offenbart eine unbekannte Substanz. War sie die Todesursache? Bei der Leiche findet M. J. eine Telefonnummer. Kurzerhand ruft sie dort an. Die Nummer gehört Adam Quantrel, dem Besitzer des Pharmakonzerns Cygnus. Dessen Stieftochter ist spurlos verschwunden. Das Streichholzheftchen gehörte ihr, doch die Tote ist nicht die Vermisste. Als eine zweite Leiche auftaucht, auch sie mit der unbekannten Droge im Blut, stellt M. J. auf eigene Faust Nachforschungen an.