Medical Historical Fiction

Eine Ärztin im Hamburg der Kaiserzeit kämpft für die Rechte von Frauen. Hamburger Hafen, 1910: Anne Fitzpatrick ist eine der ersten Ärztinnen Deutschlands und arbeitet im neuen Frauenhaus. Dort kümmert sie sich vor allem um Frauen, denen von ihren Männern großes Leid zugefügt wurde. Als die Pastorentochter Helene bei ihr auftaucht und mithelfen will, unterstützt Anne die junge Frau in ihrem Wunsch, etwas Sinnvolles zu tun. Da wird neben dem Frauenhaus im Wasser eine Leiche entdeckt. Anne ist schockiert. Das Opfer war Mitglied der neuen Frauenbewegung, so wie sie selbst auch.

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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.

As the Great Depression presses down around him, Archer teeters at the edge of a precipice. He must choose between his hard-won career and the sacred oaths he took as a doctor and scientist—before all his choices are lost forever.

Gefährliche Experimente. Hamburg 1907. Im Hafenkrankhaus begegnet der Bakteriologe Carl-Jakob Melcher einem Schulfreund. Ludolf Harberg ist sehr angeschlagen durch die Schlafkrankheit. In seinen wachen Momenten erzählt er von seinen Erlebnissen in Ostafrika - von den Experimenten, die er mit dem Mediziner Robert Koch an Einheimischen unternommen hat. Bevor er Genaueres erzählen kann, stirbt Harberg. Für die Ärzte eine Folge seiner Krankheit, doch Carl-Jacob glaubt an Mord und beginnt zu ermitteln, ohne zu ahnen, dass es nicht der einzige Todesfall in seiner Nähe bleiben wird.

Tal como los alquimistas medievales se obsesionaron con la piedra filosofal, un sacamuelas sevillano, que llega hasta el virreinato peruano huyendo de la Inquisición, se afana en la búsqueda del gusano de los dientes que taladra las muelas y anida en las encías, precipitando la corrupción del cuerpo y flagelando a los cristianos con una espina del dolor de la Pasión, porque el imperio español de los siglos XVI y XVII era también el imperio del dolor.

When six gifted children vanish around the globe, an investigation reveals genetic experimentation, dubious funding and the disappearance of a research assistant. Searching for proof of the Exodus, biblical archaeologist Lynne Raven meets enigmatic billionaire heir Connor Mackenzie. As the two grow closer, a disturbing link to the abductions and a past rife with secrets, visions, and voices changes their lives. In pursuit of the truth, can the two unravel the mystery of a prophecy...or be left chasing the wind?

Pickpockets, pimps and prostitutes: All in a day’s work for the city constable – until work moves too close to home… When Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds, discovers his former housemaid murdered in a particularly sickening manner, his professional and personal lives move perilously close. Circumstances seem to conspire against him, and more murders follow. Soon the city fathers cast doubt on his capability, and he is forced to seek help from an unsavoury source.

Wyoming, 1875: So wie die Erde unter den donnernden Büffelherden des noch wilden Westens bebt, wird die Welt von der Entdeckung einer noch größeren, viel älteren Naturgewalt erschüttert. Fossile Funde belegen: Einst müssen riesige Urzeitwesen die Erde bevölkert haben - die Dinosaurier. Damit rückt ein wenig beachteter, aber revolutionärer Wissenschaftszweig, die Paläontologie, ins Licht der Öffentlichkeit. Der Roman "Dragon Teeth" aus dem Nachlass von Michael Crichton, entstanden 1974, darf als erster Wissenschaftsthriller dieses Ausnahmeautors und Schöpfers von "Jurassic Park" gelten.

English countryside, 1958. The idyllic village of Olney has stood in its peaceful location for over 900 years. Until one day, when two teenage boys are struck by a mysterious illness. The newly arrived Doctor Hilary Newton suspects a common flu to be the cause of their malady. Before long, the doctor and residents of Olney are plunged into a nightmare, as the disease ravages the local population. Despite the doctors employing the latest medicine available, the death toll keeps rising.

When a brutal attack leaves Agatha DeLacey blind, she and the Artful Dodger find themselves at the mercy of an experimental biomech surgery. Though the procedure restores Aggie’s sight, her new eyes come at an unnerving cost, and the changes in Dodger are even more alarming - instead of seeing Aggie as the girl he fancies, he now views her as a potential threat.

A newly minted graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1890, Dr. Thomas Parks heads to the big timber country of Puget Sound to practice trauma medicine. An hour after stepping off the boat, he's nearly crushed to death by a less-than-sure-footed mule and finds himself a patient rather than a physician. As he convalesces, he discovers that his host, a venerable physician friend of his father's, is running an elaborate medical scam, selling worthless concoctions nationwide, with enormous sales.

In this coming-of-age novel set in the 1970s, Gene Hull is whitewashing the trunks of Arizona citrus trees when he spots a beautiful girl and falls instantly in love. The girl is vulnerable and shy. Though Gene breaks through her reserve, a date at a wave park turns into a near disaster, and Gene must call on the one person he can always rely on - his father, who is a doctor.

Deciding on her 39th birthday that a baby is the best present she could give herself, single Manhattan public relations executive Nina Kitchener makes an appointment to undergo artificial insemination at the Human Fertility Institute. Nine months later the nightmare begins. Just hours after she gives birth, someone kidnaps her infant son from the nursery. The police aren't helping, the fertility institute has shut down, and Nina believes that the only way to find her baby is to learn the identity of the sperm donor.

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he knows the woman's identity - and the horrifying events that led to her death.

Martha Beale, now the guardian of seven-year-old Ella and five-year-old Cai, has just returned to Philadelphia after summering in the country. The children have to begin school, and Martha looks forward to a reunion with Thomas Kelman, even though she isn't sure where their relationship stands. But a string of robberies is plaguing the city and the nineteen-year-old daughter of one of Philadelphia's wealthiest families has vanished.

After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, British-born Celia Davies left her privileged family for an impulsive marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to San Francisco's bustling shores but then disappeared and is now presumed dead. Determined to carry on, Celia partners with her half-Chinese cousin, Barbara, and her opinionated housekeeper, Addie, to open a free medical clinic for women who have nowhere else to turn.

Award-winning author Imogen Robertson continues the acclaimed series she began with Instruments of Darkness. Set in London during the Revolutionary War, Anatomy of Murder follows unlikely forensic investigator Mrs. Harriet Westerman and reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther as they try to solve the mysterious death of a man dragged from the murky depths of the Thames River.

Young theatre nurse Clare Maitland is devastated when her fiancé calls off their dream wedding because he wants to marry someone else. Her friendship with charming surgeon Andrew Darvie provides comfort, but is it enough to mend a broken heart? Meanwhile, Clare's feelings are hurt by the harsh comments of moody but talented Dr. Hugh Sanders. The chance of a nursing job in Scotland seems the answer to all of Clare's problems. But she soon discovers that escaping the men in her life won't be as easy as she imagined.

A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the listener into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer. In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he knows the woman’s identity...and the horrifying events that led to her death.