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Grausam zugerichtete Leichen und ein Mörder wie aus dem dunkelsten Albtraum. Frankfurt im Jahr 1800: Drei auf ungewöhnliche Weise entstellte Leichen versetzen die Stadt in Angst. Gerüchte über religiöse Ritualmorde machen die Runde. Nur zwei erliegen dem alten Aberglauben nicht: Zeitungsredakteur Johann und Manon, deren Vater als Rechtsmediziner die Überreste der Ermordeten obduziert. Die beiden erkennen, dass die Verbrechen die blutige Handschrift eines berüchtigten Mörders tragen – einer Gestalt wie aus dem dunkelsten Albtraum.

Disease ecologist Letty Duquesne is barely settled in to her new job when a colleague goes missing in the field. When Letty lands in Alaska's Katmai National Park to take over the investigation, she finds a violent welcome and the case in shambles. No record of the last scientist's work exists. His footsteps at the incident site disappear into nothing. And the polar bears Letty has been sent to find are hunting for human prey a thousand miles from the pack ice where they belong.

In a single moment, everything changes. Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly collapse, leaving their friends and loved ones behind, terrified and confused. Moments later, the fallen rise and the survivors become the hunted. Follow three intertwining stories through the apocalypse. Will Kessler works a dead-end warehouse job in Tennessee, driving a forklift and unloading shipping containers.

El doctor Benjamín comete un error en el quirófano, y enfrenta cargos por negligencia médica. Abrumado por la frustración, ocasiona un accidente automovilístico en el que fallece su propia esposa. Es acusado de asesinato y le retiran la custodia de su hija. Ahogado en depresión, encuentra...

The Red Mutation is a geopolitical thriller that discloses the Chinese use of bioterror to achieve world domination. When the head of China’s Hunan Institute of Virology bioengineers a Covid-like virus mutation that kills an entire village with a single nanoparticle, China’s leaders believe they have created the perfect assassin: hidden, silent, and deadly. Indeed, the most powerful weapon ever devised by man.

Naga kobieta w czerwonych pantoflach na wysokich obcasach balansuje na gzymsie wiszącego mostu Clifton Suspension Bridge, łkając w komórkę przyciśniętą do ucha. Psycholog kliniczny, Joseph O'Loughlin stoi parę kroków od niej i próbuje odwieść ją od desperackiego kroku. Kobieta szepce: "Nie rozumiesz" i skacze do rzeki. Jakiś czas później w domu profesora pojawia się gość - nastoletnia córka denatki. Dziewczynie nie mieści się w głowie, że matka rzuciła się z mostu; absolutnie nie była typem samobójczyni, poza tym miała lęk wysokości.

Cuando el coronel Schwartz fue a recoger al nuevo doctor se llevó una incómoda sorpresa: en vez del hombre que esperaba, se encontró frente a una atractiva mujer de aspecto frágil. La presencia de una doctora, joven y brillante, en una aldea perdida del Congo era un misterio que el...

A must-listen thriller from the author of Dead Already.

Felix wakes up with a busted jaw, trapped in slime-dripping catacombs. He’s confronted by an insufferable blowhard, a little girl wearing a frilly princess dress (who comes bearing gifts) and a sadistic entrepreneur (who has a penchant for dumping automobiles in the Gowanus Canal). Cracking his most other-worldly case yet takes Felix on a whirlwind ride; from the bowels of New York City’s outer boroughs to the depraved heights of Manhattan society... and even has him dodging a possessed horde of scorpions in the Hamptons.

This audiobook begins in New Orleans with multiple deaths from pneumonia within a 48 hour period. Dr. Watkins and Dr. Swindon, two renown medical investigators, are contacted to investigate the cases. Multiple government agencies, including the CIA and military, are involved in a twisting and turning adventure, involving Costa Rica and the Pacific Basin islands. The case is solved through the use of cutting-edge molecular technology. The underlying cause reminds everyone of the awesome power of modern day molecular techniques.

Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in rural Somerset at Orchard Cottage Hospital, striving to improve the medical treatments on offer to the community. After successfully establishing a mother and baby clinic, Frances is determined to move with the times and add family planning advice to her roster – but are the residents of Norton Dene ready for such progress or will she face opposition?

Lorsque le tueur en série qui lui a échappé toute sa vie refait surface à Los Angeles, l'agent Scott Houston est prêt à tout pour le piéger, même à enfreindre les règles du FBI. Pour obtenir des informations sensibles, il sait exactement à qui s'adresser : l'Agence 32/1, spécialisée dans l'identification de personnes disparues, dirigée par la séduisante Jayne Hall et sa meilleure amie Steelie Lander. Mais la requête de Scott a des répercussions inattendues sur la vie des deux femmes : il les entraîne malgré lui dans une dangereuse aventure à travers les États-Unis.

New York City, 1922. Millie Carpenter is in the business of mercy. Two years as a field nurse during the Great War taught her much about suffering. Still, when she returns to Manhattan, she employs her mercy in the impoverished tenements of the Lower East Side, where she serves as a Visiting Nurse to Italian immigrants. Millie's passion for helping people is powerful. But when Maria, a pregnant patient, is suddenly murdered at the hands of her abusive husband, Millie knows what she must do to stop him.

In einem japanischen Schwertkampf-Dojo wird die enthauptete Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Sein Kopf ist verschwunden. Die Ermittlungen führen Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team bis in New Yorks "Little Tokyo". Die Liste der Verdächtigen ist lang, doch als schließlich der fehlende Kopf auftaucht, erscheint der Fall in einem neuen Licht.

Meet Sarah, Robert, Troy, and Ahmed, four strangers bound by a common affliction. As sleep slips further from their grasp, their health deteriorates, relationships shatter, and a looming tragedy becomes inevitable. Only one person, a vigilant community pharmacist, spots the early warning signs. But time is running out. Can he help them before it’s too late?

Tisha Page is a nurse at Harmony Nursing and Rehabilitation. She cares about her patients, trying to connect with their grief and loss—but it's hard when she's fighting her own battle against sleep deprivation and corporate indifference. The one patient she is able to truly connect with is Nathaniel. As Nathaniel rages against the slow decay of his life, Tisha begins to see a monster stalking the dismal halls of the Harmony nursing home. Worse than death, the monster wants to take from the patients while they're still alive until they're nothing but husks of their former selves.

James Sandean has decided that the world must be saved from humanity’s incompetence and reclaimed. He is willing to leverage his multi-billion dollar empire in order to do what others would not. With the help of his trusted advisors, he plots a diabolical course of action around the globe. High up in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, Covert Action Unit Speedwell moves stealthily over the rough terrain to extract their stolen materials.

Camilo Escobedo, un competente neurólogo que ha llegado a ser ingresado en un psiquiátrico, nos traslada en primera persona su increíble lucha contra la enfermedad a la que precisamente dedicaba su investigación. "Las defensas" es, en realidad, una novela basada en la historia de...

Julia Menken lleva trabajando como experta en comportamiento en casos de asesinatos cerrados o sin resolver en la Unidad Nacional de Zoetermeer los últimos tres años. Ahora su jefe la reclama para que colabore en un caso que se prevé escabroso desde el comienzo: el horroroso asesinato de un...

Este cuento trata sobre la infidelidad de una mujer a su marido. Lady Sannox era una mujer hermosa a la que le gustaba ser admirada. Douglas era un cirujano al que le gustaba lady Sannox por lo que le mando una carta para quedar. La carta se extravió y llego a Lord Sannox.