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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.

Als Kale Hatfield und Rachel Finley sich endlich wiederfinden, scheint die Vergangenheit noch einmal eine Chance zu geben. Doch sie sind nicht allein. Zwischen ihnen steht Lydia – eine Frau mit eigenen Geheimnissen, gefährlichen Plänen und einer Verbindung zu Kale, die Rachel nie erwartet hätte. Während alte Wahrheiten ans Licht kommen, droht Kales fragile Kontrolle über seine Persönlichkeiten zu zerbrechen. Die Stimmen in ihm werden lauter. Die Gewalt rückt näher. Und plötzlich geht es nicht mehr nur um Liebe oder Vergebung – sondern um Leben und Tod.

Rachel trägt eine Schuld, die sie kaum ertragen kann. Denn sie glaubt, den einzigen Menschen, den sie jemals geliebt hat, in den Tod geschickt zu haben: Kale Hatfield. Vier Jahre nach seinem Verschwinden kehrt er aus der Dunkelheit zurück - gezeichnet von Gewalt, Erinnerungslücken und der zerstörerischen Macht seiner eigenen Persönlichkeiten. Doch die Vergangenheit ist noch lange nicht begraben. Als Rachel beginnt, nach der Wahrheit zu suchen, führt ihre Spur zu einem Ort voller Geheimnisse: Lydias Haus. Hier treffen Liebe, Obsession und Manipulation aufeinander.

Pittsburgh homicide detective, Franco Patrese, is about to be put to the test by a series of shocking murders… The charred body of a renowned brain surgeon is found in one of the city's luxury apartment blocks. Then a Catholic bishop is set alight in his Cathedral. Patrese's investigation...

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...

To her Boston patients, Dr. Hope Sullivan is a conscientious doctor with a caring bedside manner. To her victims, she is a fierce protector of those who have been wronged. After losing everyone close to her, these revenge tune-ups are the only thing that make her feel...well...feel anything at all. Until one day, a mysterious email threatens to expose her. I know what ur doing, it says.

When I wake up, I know three things. My name is Emma. Someone tried to kill me. And I can't remember who. When I blink, my eyelashes brush against scratchy cloth. My fingers twitch, numb and distant. In the distance, sirens wail. I'm in the hospital. I should be safe here, but I know I'm not. The last thing I remember is running, seeing an arm raised to strike Why would anyone want to kill me?

Lizzy Ballard possesses a dangerous power she struggles to control: the ability to inflict fatal brain injuries using only the power of her mind. Haunted by the memory of her victims, she's on the run from the authorities and from the scientist who created her power, Louise Mortensen. Lizzy has been hiding out in Arizona with her mentor, ex-con Philip Castillo. She's earning money at the poker tables of Phoenix, thanks to an unexpected ability bestowed by a drug stolen from Mortensen: temporary clairvoyance. When Lizzy and Philip decide to head east to Lizzy's hometown of Philadelphia, she's overjoyed to be reunited with her godfather, Owen McNally, and his brother Andy.

The message on the tipline prompts local reporter Ginger Burrows to look deeper into the case. At the same time, DCI Kevin Greggs starts his own review of the police’s original investigation. Dr Ethan Quinn finds himself torn between his responsibility to Arthur as his doctor and his urge to find out if his patient is really guilty of Amy’s murder. They all find themselves drawn into a web of criminality and exploitation, where uncovering the truth might be too much of a risk to take.

When the outbreak comes to a head, Laney is away from home. Chasing her dream of being the winner of a baking reality show, she is sequestered like a juror. No phone, no internet, no knowledge of what is happening. When the show evacuates all of the contestants, somehow Laney is left behind. Shut off from communication when the city loses power, Laney is clueless about what is happening and lacks the knowledge of the virus she is facing. Those infected experience a violent fever rage before the virus ultimately consumes them and takes their lives.

FBI geneticist Mason Brown and Danish Interpol agent Jonna Nielsen have just seventy-two hours to find the missing man they call The Immortal. He's on the run across Europe and his genetic material may be the most valuable commodity in human history. There's just one problem: Someone else wants him, too. As the time to find him dwindles, Mason and Jonna seem to be one step behind a wealthy man who will stop at nothing. If the tech billionaire finds him first, it could change the economic playing field for the entire world.

Die Handlung: Im Mittelmeer verschwindet ein Frachtschiff mit rätselhafter Ladung. Weltweit sorgen Enthüllungen über die Plastikkatastrophe für Aufsehen, während im Hintergrund düstere Geschäfte auf höchster politischer Ebene laufen. Mittendrin: die kleine Zoe, die in der Hamburger Uniklinik um ihr Leben kämpft. Mikroplastik in ihrem Blut hat einen bösartigen Tumor in ihrer Leber ausgelöst – unheilbar, wie es scheint.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.

In todays digital world, no one is safe from cyberattacks. Not even medical doctors and hospitals. Can a hacker remotely kill a doctor's patients just by altering medical records? Dr. Mark Lin, a proficient but cynical and disillusioned internist, is the target of such a hacker, known as Doctor Lucifer.

November 1866: The grisly murder site in London’s East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to...

It is the most important day of young Frederick's life. Like a large number of children his age, Frederick is plagued by crippling anxiety brought on by a recent pandemic. He interviews for full time admittance into Kinth, a world renowned institute that is considered to be the only hope left for children like Frederick to live a normal life. Despite an apparent hallucination and a panic attack mid interview, Frederick is elated to find he has been accepted into Kinth. However, Frederick quickly learns that his admittance is conditional.