Medical Crime Thrillers

Doctor Pendergrass loved London, but the city had a dark side. Its prosperity attracted criminals from all over the world. Their handiwork - stabbings, beatings, and maimings - filled as many hospital beds as cholera and dysentery. As crime spiralled out of control, a serial killer stalked London looking for his next victim. Pendergrass and his associates at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital were working grueling days, but no matter how hard they worked the flow of brutalized Londoners through their front doors was endless.

Forensic pathology Bodhi King’s silent retreat at Buddhism monastery hasn’t been as contemplative, or silent, as he hoped. Bodhi’s plan was to meditate on the meaning of a recent run-in with an old flame, but instead he’s pressed into service to identify a murdered stranger. He teams up with a pair of federal agents, a bold, brainy plant pathologist, and the no-nonsense small-town police chief. The players’ loyalties shift continually, and nothing’s as it seems.

Money Clip is a financial thriller about a young brokerage intern who finds himself and the woman he loves caught in the middle of a Medicare fraud that is backed by a dangerous international gang.

Il corpo carbonizzato di un poliziotto - sottoposto a inchiesta all'interno del dipartimento - viene trovato nella sua auto, sul litorale di Southend, nell'Essex. Una ragazza fragile, abbandonata anche dai servizi sociali, cerca di scoprire la verità sulla morte improvvisa della sua migliore amica. Il sergente Frank Pearson e l'agente Cat Russell della squadra di polizia investigativa dell'Essex hanno l'incarico di risolvere il mistero che circonda la morte del loro collega, ma subiscono la forte pressione di chi non vuole danneggiare la reputazione del dipartimento.

An ambitious and sharp-witted clinical psychiatrist turns detective when one of her patients comes under investigation for a series of brutal murders - is she a psychopath or a victim herself? Brilliant psychiatric resident Dr. Kim Patterson has one major flaw: She is too committed to her patients. Her willingness to break the rules and use unconventional methods to help her patients heal has already gotten her thrown out of several hospitals. And when Scarlett Hascall is brought into the psychiatric ward, Kim can't resist getting involved.

When a body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to investigate. The manner of the young man's death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled. In the ensuing investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local population trying to hide?

A patient in the intensive care unit, for no apparent reason, begins shooting and kills a nurse and a doctor who are caring for him. Gunfire is exchanged between the patient and a security guard, and they both die. Why did this happen? Where did the patient get the gun?

Cal McGill is an Edinburgh-based oceanographer, environmentalist and one-of-a-kind investigator. Using his knowledge of the waves - ocean currents, prevailing winds, shipping records - McGill can track where objects came from or where they've gone. It's a skill that can help solve mysteries ranging from disappearances to murder. Two severed feet wash up on two different islands off the coast of Scotland. Forensics shows that the feet belong to the same body.

When a priest is brutally gunned down in front of St. Jerome's Chinese-American Catholic Church, Father Luis Chavez is asked by the archdiocese to lead an inquiry. With the confessed killer already in custody, it looks like an open-and-shut case. That is, until Father Chavez digs deeper. As the killer's confession unravels, Father Chavez teams up with Deputy District Attorney Michael Story to get to the bottom of it. Together, they discover a conspiracy leading back to one of the world's oldest criminal organizations.

When an elderly woman is found dead at her home, newly fledged DC Kirsty Wilson is called to the scene. It appears that the woman had a mysterious visitor in the early hours of that morning - someone dressed as a carer but with much darker intentions. It soon becomes obvious that this was not death by natural causes; in fact it was murder.

When her daughter, Rachael, working a summer job at the Ritz-Carlton, calls Cleveland forensic scientist Theresa MacLean to say a murder has just occurred at the hotel, Theresa knows she's stepping into a forensic mess. A local criminal-defense attorney has been bound and beaten to death. The victim was attending a convention for criminal-defense attorneys, which means the list of suspects could stretch a mile long.

Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman has finally found a place to belong. As the medical examiner for the San Francisco Police Department, working alongside homicide detective Hal Harris, she uncovers the tales the dead can't tell about their final moments. It is a job that gives her purpose—and a safe haven from her former life at the hands of an abusive husband. Although it's been seven years since she escaped that ordeal, she still checks over her shoulder to make sure no one is behind her.

Stan's bankruptcy client, Maureen Thompson, is accused of her husband's murder. Her alleged motive is the proceeds of a large insurance policy on her husband's life that would cure her financial woes. Stan assigns the case to his partner, Paula Waters, who at first is excited about getting a new high-profile murder case but her excitement is soon dampened when she learns this isn't the first of Maureen Thompson's husbands to be hacked to death with an ice pick!

Florida investigative reporter Whitney Steel has lived in the shadow of her legendary father long enough. To prove herself she needs to find the "big" story. She found it. Now it may kill her. After receiving a lead pointing to the world's first cloned human, now a small child, Whitney vows to unravel the truth. However, sifting through the facts proves to have dangerous results, including death threats and murder.

Die allseits beliebte Lehrerin Cora Gundersun beendet ihr Leben und das vieler Unschuldiger in einem riesigen Feuerball. Als später nach Hinweisen für ihre Tat gesucht wird, findet man ein Tagebuch, das nur den Schluss zulässt, dass die Täterin geisteskrank war. Jane Hawk weiß es besser - hat sich ihr Mann doch ebenfalls aus heiterem Himmel das Leben genommen. Auf ihrer Suche nach Antworten hat sie eine Verschwörung bis in höchste Regierungskreise entdeckt, und jagt nun deren Hintermänner. Mittlerweile ist die FBI-Agentin die meistgesuchte Person der USA.

Marcus Clairmont: A doctor whose sole purpose in life is to save children in any way necessary. Addison Murray: A young, up-and-coming detective determined to catch a killer at any cost, personal or professional. In Into the Midnight Hours, Devin Anderson has created a villain that hunts the very people trying to catch him, all while bringing love to two people who never thought they would find it. Every listener will get a glimpse into the darkness that will have them understanding the dark motivation that can drive people, even if they do not agree with it.

Mitch Walker is so desperate to save his dying nephew, he commits an insanely dangerous crime in exchange for life-saving medicine. But things go horribly wrong and he unknowingly triggers a chain reaction of carnage, chaos, and murder. Hunted by a ruthless crime syndicate, Mitch's only hope is a cop named Betts who wants him behind bars. When the crime syndicate employs dark tech, the investigation takes an unexpected turn that nobody sees coming. Driven by the faint hope of saving the sick child, both Betts and Walker find themselves working together in a fight for survival.

Kristen Kroiter was 16, a high-school sophomore, when she was injured in a car accident. Dr. Ted Cogan had saved her life when he treated her in the ER six months ago. But now police detectives were questioning Cogan about her, in intimate detail. What was going on? What had she told them? That’s just it, the cops said. She hadn’t told them anything. She had died. Looked like a suicide. And Cogan was in a heap of trouble.

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Der dritte Fall für Rizzoli & Isles! In einem Kloster nahe Boston ist die Novizin Camille Maginnes brutal erschlagen worden. Bei der Autopsie findet die Pathologin Maura Isles heraus, dass die junge Frau kurze Zeit vor ihrem Tod entbunden haben muss - doch von dem Kind fehlt jede Spur. Dann wird eine zweite Frauenleiche gefunden, bei der Maura Anzeichen für eine frühere Lepra-Erkrankung feststellt. Detective Jane Rizzoli und Maura Isles vermuten eine Verbindung der beiden Fälle. Und die Entdeckung eines grausamen Geheimnisses gibt ihnen auf schreckliche Weise Recht.