Medical Mystery Thriller

Aus einem Forschungslabor gelangt durch einen Unfall ein für Vögel hochansteckendes und tödliches Virus in die Umwelt. In wenigen Monaten sterben daran fast alle Vögel auf der Erde. Mit weitreichenden Folgen. Denn mit dem Verschwinden ihrer Fressfeinde vermehren sich die Insekten explosionsartig und gefährden die Zukunft der Menschheit. Als das Virus mutiert und auf den Menschen übergeht, ist eine Katastrophe kaum noch aufzuhalten. Jan Zweyer gelingt ein düsterer Thriller mit den zentralen Fragestellungen: Wie weit geht man für den Profit? Ist man bereit, Millionen Menschenleben dafür zu riskieren?

Meet Angel - smart, willful, a lover of animals. She is also one of the Cartel del Noreste's most lethal hitters, but this time she has met her match. His name is Dr. Ernest L. Girard and he’s a man who has everything - upbringing, looks, gifted surgical skills. He is also an admitted drug user, gambler, and the prime suspect in the largest medical malpractice scam ever investigated in California.

Patricia Harding is a young paralegal with aspirations for law school. When she passes out and nearly dies at work, the medical staff at New City Hospital is at a loss for the cause of the otherwise healthy woman’s conditions. Soon after, the staff is stunned by a well-respected cardiologist’s sudden death while he is on the job. These two seemingly unrelated events lead the chief of staff to call on homicide detective Ron Looney to investigate.

Joe Mayfield’s happy, ordinary life comes apart when his wife’s HealthScore is slashed and she is denied cancer treatment. Frantic to save her, Joe hacks into the Yak - the national database the US created after CyberWar I.

Medical school at Rothaker University is cutthroat, which is perfect for first-year student Brooke Walton. She thrives on the work and the stress - t’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.

Austin Kyle just wants to be a normal freshman at college, get a girl, make some friends, maybe even make it to a class or two. Except that he isn't normal. Due to a car accident in high school, and the resulting blood transfusions needed to save him, he now carries the cure for cancer in his blood. Austin's girlfriend, Mia, has been suffering from leukemia. She tries to hide her sickness from Austin and their growing band of friends, wanting them to only see her and not her disease.

San Francisco attorney Mike Webster does not lose medical-malpractice cases. But his stellar reputation and faith are put to the test when he agrees to defend Dr. Johanna Anderson, a brilliant and beautiful psychologist. Jo is accused of failing to prevent the death of Seth Bell, a senator's son she was treating with a revolutionary technology-assisted therapy called the Mind's Eye.

In the spring of 1993, young Dr. Cooper "Mackie" McKay stands on the cusp of a bright surgical career. He has the power of digital data and the potential for revolutionary cures at his fingertips, until a paralyzing family tragedy shatters his dreams. The only way to restart his promising career - and revive his marriage - is to step away. A temporary position at BioloGen Pharmaceuticals offers refuge. His charge is to convince other doctors that the billion dollar blockbuster drug Anginex, in the final stages of testing, is both safe and effective. He quickly learns otherwise.

Disaffected ex-Mossad agent, Uzi, works as a security guard and low-level drug dealer in London. Frustrated with his life and haunted by his past, everything changes for Uzi when he gets the chance to expose the ruthlessness of his former employers by feeding information to WikiLeaks. But once it's out there, Uzi will be a marked man...

När rättsmedicinaren och köldforskaren David Lagerquists far hittas död i sin bil misstänker David att fadern har blivit mördad. Bevisen är visserligen undermåliga men han får oväntad hjälp av den mentalt sjuke Isak som han träffar på psykiatriska kliniken i Kalmar. Isaks kusliga berättelser leder David allt närmare ett svar och ute på det karga Fårö väntar den slutliga uppgörelsen med mördaren. Skendöd är Kalmarläkaren Per Källéns första thriller i serien om rättsmedicinaren David Lagerqvist. En stark debut som rosats av både kritiker och läsare.

En una trama de intriga que se desarrolla en América, África, Asia, y Europa los personajes de Los Hijos de Eva se enfrentan al dilema de conseguir al ser humano perfecto y resistente a la enfermedad. El agente del FBI Mark Swire, especializado en sectas, recibe una última misión: infiltrarse e investigar a la nueva, rica y creciente secta Los Hijos de Eva, que predica la vuelta al Edén y el fin de la enfermedad mediante la erradicación del gen del Pecado Original, que, según la secta, cada ser humano ha heredado de la Madre de todos los vivientes: Eva.

Mary and Senator Tad Williams pushed their son, Justin, to go on a date that went horribly wrong. Now, they try to figure out a way to help their son out of a coma. At almost $5,000 a day for ICU expenses, their insurance options are running out. Amber, Nick, and Jacob built a new immersive game system for the future. The only problem is, at $800 a day, no one can afford it. Dr. Dubois wrote a paper about how you might help a person out of a coma, but it was crushed under the might of the medical lobbyists on Capitol Hill.

When Katie finds out that her increasingly unresponsive legs and extreme fatigue is due to multiple sclerosis, she rides an emotional roller coaster - anger, denial, and fear - when faced with a wheelchair-bound existence. She puts her studies at Oxford on hold, and she splits up from her fiancé Mark, even though she still loves him. While undergoing treatment, Katie is diagnosed with MS2 - a virus that paralyses the mind.

A young woman has a baby after an uncomplicated pregnancy with normal ultrasounds. A few days later, the infant suddenly becomes ill and is found to have a serious heart defect. After a prolonged hospitalization, the infant finally succumbs to his defects. The young woman, in the process, learns about family dynamics, grieves for her child, sees the anquish of her doctor, and clashes with her mother.

Tragedy strikes America’s darling three-year-old Thoroughbred, Hyperion, when he’s injured in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race. Doctors Mark Thurman and Claire Hodgson are asked to treat his broken limb using their revolutionary fracture-healing methods, but when former experimental subjects begin developing a life-threatening form of cancer, the rescue plan is halted. Then, a serendipitous discovery suggests a new drug made from a rare plant source might be a cure. A flicker of hope is kindled for Hyperion and the stricken patients.

Der New Yorker Psychologe Desmond Parker überlebt knapp einen Tauchunfall in der Karibik. Bis auf eine unklare Veränderung in seiner Gehirnstruktur scheint er mit dem Schrecken davongekommen zu sein... Bis er merkt, dass er eine neue, unheimliche "Begabung" hat - eine Begabung, die wie ein Fluch auf ihm lastet und ihn von New York in die nächtlichen Dschungel Jamaikas führt, auf die Spur eines düsteren Mysteriums... Ein atemberaubender Thriller im Spannungsfeld zwischen Medizin und Okkultismus.

Hailey Langley refuses to be a victim and has moved on from her traumatic past. But her marriage problems worsen when a deadly illicit drug threatens to draw her into the life she left behind. Mark Langley has allowed his job to interfere with his marriage, but he never suspected the secrets in Hailey's past might hold the key to solving both of his current investigations. Together, they must unravel the mystery of the drug called "Euphoria" and find a way to save not only their marriage, but countless lives, before it's too late.

If you enjoy thoughtful medical fiction, take a look at The Doctors' Lounge: A Brier Hospital Novel that helps the listener understand the ethical issues that take their toll on medical personnel, patients, and their families. A catchier title may have made the novel more appealing, however I chose accuracy first.

It's a miracle when Lysent Corp develops a cure for the zombie virus. A miracle that is years late and unbelievably expensive...and Audra's only chance to save her sister, Belinda, from the viral clutches of cannibalism and general decay. Unable to afford the treatment, Audra offers Belinda as collateral and signs up as a tagger, finding people's wandering zombie family members to be cured. If she delivers on the steep tagging quota, Lysent will cure Belinda.

"Klinik 13" är en nervkittlande spänningsthriller som utspelar sig i sjukhusmiljö, där du följer Jennifer i hennes jakt på upprättelse genom svek, hopp och förälskelse. Med huvudet mot knäna och armarna hårt virade runt benen sitter Jennifer ensam i sitt rum. Samma rum som hon suttit inlåst i de senaste åtta åren. Tankarna snurrar... Gränsen mellan drömmar och verklighet suddas ut och efter ett livsavgörande val fattar Jennifer beslutet att rymma från den mardröm hon lever i.