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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.

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.

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.

Ein beschauliches Wohngebiet in Linköping wird gleich zweimal an einem Tag zum Schauplatz schrecklicher Unfälle. Beide Opfer sterben einen qualvollen Tod. Ein Fremdverschulden scheidet aber aus, Ursache und Hergang lassen sich eindeutig nachstellen. Letztlich sind es kleine Ungereimtheiten, die bei der gerichtsmedizinischen Analyse leise Fragen anklingen lassen.

Alone in the northern wilderness, Callan makes a single mistake while field-dressing a deer. The knife slips. The wound is deep. Contaminated. And hours from medical help. What follows is not a heroic survival tale, but a clinical countdown.

The Perfect Narcotic... Dr. Roger Jackson has seen thousands of arrhythmias in thirty years of cardiology at Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center. He has never seen one he couldn't explain -- until a young woman arrives in his CCU with a heart rate that won't break and a toxicology screen that comes back clean. When a second case follows two days later, Roger starts pulling a thread that leads south across the Gulf of Mexico to a cartel that has done something new: gone legitimate.

Nell'indagine che sta conducendo per scoprire cos'è davvero successo al suo vice, Jack Fielding, ucciso sei mesi prima, Kay Scarpetta ha deciso di incontrare una detenuta della Georgia Prison for Women, una donna condannata per reati sessuali e madre di una diabolica assassina. Sono ragioni personali, oltre che professionali, a metterla nella necessità di fare luce su macabri omicidi: il massacro di un'intera famiglia avvenuto anni prima a Savannah e una serie di morti inspiegabili che si stanno susseguendo a un ritmo inquietante.

PANDEMIE! ist ein kompromissloser, authentischer Roman über die ersten Monate von COVID-19 in Zentralflorida. Basierend auf echten Erlebnissen im Krankenhaus – verdichtet zu einer packenden Geschichte – zeigt dieses Buch, wie sich die Realität für Ärzte, Pflegekräfte und Atemtherapeuten tatsächlich anfühlte: chaotisch, tödlich, erschöpfend und geprägt von Systemversagen. Keine Heldenromantik, keine politischen Parolen. Nur die Wahrheit aus der Frontlinie.

He's served his time. As he strives to restore his life and career, will a high-level political conspiracy execute his death sentence? Dr. Zack Winston, now an ex-con desperate for redemption, reclaims his emergency medicine career and renews his most important relationship. A web of chilling...

In the ruthless labs of Helix Innovations, geneticist Dr. Emily Harper uncovers a shocking secret: a hidden sequence in every living organism that determines the precise moment of death. Her discovery triggers a moral dilemma—whether to allow Helix to exploit it for profit, stay silent, or give it up to an organization craving control.

She's taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival. Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country's largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the Houston Ship Channel. Her crucial evidence comes from Dr. Tori Nelson, a respected physician and Jo's college crush, whose research exposes devastating community health impacts.

Cyrus Darian used to be a doctor. Now he lives out of a backpack in the Oregon backcountry, avoiding towns, avoiding people, avoiding questions. When he saves a stranger’s life deep in the Oregon wilderness using little more than improvisation and nerve, the act pulls him into a remote off-grid commune that seems, at first, like a quiet place to disappear.

Dr. Autumn Trent, forensische Psychologin und Kriminalpsychologin, will beim Wechsel in die Abteilung für Verhaltensanalyse des FBI weiter Erfahrung sammeln und routinierter werden. In Lavender Lake, Florida, verschwinden hochschwangere Frauen. Den einzigen Hinweis auf ihr Schicksal stellt eine einzelne Hand dar … gefunden in einem Sumpfgebiet, in dem es von Alligatoren wimmelt. Ein kaltblütiger Unmensch befindet sich auf einer heiligen Mission, um sein Licht in die dunkle Welt zu bringen. Wie schnappt man einen Kriminellen, der dafür sorgt, dass alle Beweismittel aufgefressen werden?

Tra racconti di pirati, corse automobilistiche, morti e rapimenti, un thriller ricco di humour nero. Quando il governatore della Virginia, Bedford Crimm, vara una severissima legge sui limiti di velocità, a Tangier Island è il caos. Gli abitanti dell'isoletta insorgono chiedendo l'indipendenza dalla Virginia, e non sono questi gli unici guai per Crimm, alle prese con un'impressionante serie di delitti che insanguinano le strade.

In the high-stakes environment of Mercy General Hospital, a countdown is underway to a looming government shutdown, and the patients are revealing astonishing truths. Instead of complaints, they whisper coordinates, share chemical equations, and offer diagnoses with uncanny precision. As the medical staff, including Dr. Aris Thorne, cling to their charts, they face an unsettling reality: the dying hold insights that could save lives—even as their own hang in the balance.

The pitch-black bestselling psychological thriller for fans of Friend Request by Laura Marshall and I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll. Alex Taylor wakes up tied to an operating table. The man who stands over her isn't a doctor. The choice he forces her to make is utterly unspeakable. But when...

'WOWZA!!!!! Dark, gripping, tense, pulse pounding and hard to put down . . . a fantastic page turner!' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ __________ No. 1 New York Times bestseller! The second instalment of the Dr. Wren Muller series by co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid...

Mitten am Tag wird die sechsjährige Franziska aus einer wohlhabenden Wohnsiedlung entführt – praktisch unter den Augen ihrer Mutter. Der Entführer fordert Lösegeld, und dass ihm dieses von der Mutter persönlich überbracht wird. Seine Drohung: Wenn die Eltern die Polizei hinzuziehen, stirbt ihr Kind … Einen Tag später taucht das Mädchen wieder auf und berichtet völlig verstört von dem Täter, der sie absichtlich wieder laufen ließ. Doch von der Mutter fehlt weiterhin jede Spur.