Medical Suspense

Politisch hochbrisant. Medizinisch unberechenbar. Ökologisch katastrophal. Der allererste Thriller über eine der gewaltigsten Bedrohungen unserer Zeit: Mikroplastik. Es ist überall. Es ist in uns. Und es ist tödlich. Im Mittelmeer verschwindet ein Frachtschiff mit unbekannter Ladung. Enthüllungen über die Auswirkungen der Plastikkatastrophe erschüttern die Welt. Düstere Geschäfte finden auf höchster politischer Ebene statt. Und zeitgleich kämpft in der Hamburger Uniklinik ein Kind ums Überleben.

Dopo quella notte, niente è più stato lo stesso. 15 anni fa, dopo che una serata di festa è stata distrutta da una violenta aggressione, Sara Linton ha deciso di rivoluzionare la sua vita. Adesso è una dottoressa di successo, fidanzata con l’uomo che ama. Il passato è definitivamente alle spalle. O almeno così spera. Finché una sera, durante un turno in pronto soccorso, Sara viene chiamata a visitare una ragazza che è stata brutalmente assalita.

Новый роман от автора "Бойни" — уникальный триллер в духе Артура Хейли о медицинском эксперименте, который пошел наперекосяк. История о силе любви и хрупкости человеческой личности. Биохимик Селия Йенсен в составе команды исследователей из Гарварда работает над новым лекарством от болезни Альцгеймера. У Селии есть и личная заинтересованность ­— ее отец болен, и она готова пойти на все, чтобы вылечить его. Фармакологи полны оптимизма, первые тестирования лекарства проходят успешно. Исследование переходит к третьей фазе — испытаниях на больных.

Det ugæstfri citadel beliggende i hjertet af den urgamle tyrkiske by Ruin åbner sine porte for første gang i historien. Hvorfor nu – efter tusindvis af års hemmelighedskræmmeri?

En dødelig sygdom er brudt ud i citadellet og truer med at brede sig uden for murene. Den smittede velgørenhedsarbejder Gabriel Mann har måske kuren – men kan én døende mand standse en epidemi?

Uden Gabriel er Liv Adamsen, tidligere journalist, sårbar og omgivet af fremmede i den ørkenoase, der nu er hendes nye hjem. Men Liv har imidlertid langt mere at være bekymret for end blot sit eget liv …

Kurz vor den Parlamentswahlen in Dänemark droht ein biologischer Anschlag auf das Folketing. Der Virologe Jacob Detlev wird hinzugezogen, um die Gefahr zu bewerten – und erkennt schnell: Das Virus ist kein Zufallsprodukt, sondern Teil eines perfiden Plans. Während sich Angriffe auf unschuldige Bürger und Bürgerinnen häufen und politische Unruhe das Land erschüttert, führen Spuren tief in die Geschichte – bis zurück zur Spanischen Grippe von 1918 – und gleichzeitig in die eiskalte Einöde von Svalbard.

When gentleman farmer Harold Crow dies after routine surgery in rural Tasmania, his death exposes a web of forbidden love, secret offspring, and devastating betrayals that will tear two families apart. Local GP Dr David Boyd fears his secret affair with Harold will surface at the inquest. His wife Morven hides her own hurtful truth…Nurse Nathan Wentworth fears his malpractice may have killed Harold. But he's not the only one with blood on his hands.

Karen has lived a life of disappointment and grief. When she finds an abandoned baby, she decides to keep her and name her Cari Moses. Cari becomes the epicenter of Karen’s life, but she is blind to the trail of devastation her actions leave in their wake. Karen’s personal grief and deception are inextricably linked to the activities of a serial killer who harbors a fascination with pregnancy. These players inhabit a dark world of contrasts, where the hopes and aspirations of youth become enmeshed in despair and depravity.

Off the coast of Maine, a fishing boat explodes. On the shores of the Pacific, a dangerous media colossus is waiting to be born. And caught between, the American people, living their lives, enduring their struggles, oblivious to the forces gathering around them. A Hollywood producer named Roger Darrow dies on that fishing boat. With him die a lot of dark secrets. But in death, he gives a stranger a second chance at life. James Whiting, a Boston advertising man on the transplant list, comes up a match and receives one of Darrow’s kidneys.

Honolulu, Hawaii. Drei Männer liegen tot auf dem Fußboden eines verschlossenen Büros - keine Anzeichen eines Kampfes...

Secrets drove gifted surgeon Olivia Calderone away from Shadow Bay. Now that she's come home, will something more sinister be the death of her? Homicide Lieutenant Gabriel Garrett is a man well acquainted with shadows and darkness. With the discovery of a mass grave in his hometown that shines a light on an underworld no one realize existed, his second chance with a long-lost soulmate hangs in the balance. Will his pursuit of justice restore a love interrupted or will the truth destroy them both?

Nella carriera di un detective è impossibile dimenticare il disordinato, incessante movimento delle mosche necrofaghe su un cadavere umano: uno spettacolo orribile che prima o poi un poliziotto è costretto a contemplare. Adesso che le mosche Calliphora potrebbero essere un lontano ricordo per Kay Scarpetta che, lasciati Richmond e l'Istituto di medicina legale della Virginia, si è trasferita a Delray Beach, in Florida: un lavoro da consulente free lance, decisamente tranquillo. Ma gli spettri, si sa, ritornano.

Dunja Hougaard has gone underground to covertly investigate her former boss, Sleizner. For months, Dunja and her team have been gathering information. When a high-ranking man within the Danish intelligence service and an unknown woman are found dead at the bottom of a lake outside Copenhagen, the trap is finally ready to close. The only question is: whom will it catch? And meanwhile, on the other side of the strait in Helsingborg, the Swedish police Fabian Risk detective receives a message that changes everything.

Der neue Fall für Lobenstein & Künzel. Wenn das Schicksal deinen Tod fordert …. Berlin: In einer alten Klosterruine wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau ...

Insurance litigator Leigh Collins has a knack for turning up that missing e-mail that wins the day or breaking down complex facts to sway a jury. So she's hoping to make partner with her latest case: cancer researcher Dr. Elijah Rhodes and his life's work are lost in a lab fire, and Biosolutions looks to cash in on a $100 million policy. Unfortunately, she's up against Daniel Rubinelli, assistant general counsel for the biotech giant, who has a personal vendetta against cancer.

Freelance journalist Nathan Troy is a global citizen looking for eye-opening news. Living in Beijing, he stumbles upon a ward full of patients afflicted with an unknown, deadly disease. Facing closed doors and open hostility, he won't rest until he exposes the dark conspiracy. But as he digs deeper for answers, mysterious figures try to scare him off the trail with tortuous violence. To his horror, it looks as though there's no stopping a shadowy cabal of mad scientists from wielding an epidemic designed for ethnic cleansing.

Una giovane scienziata sta svolgendo una ricerca sulla formazione della personalità e sulle differenze di comportamento tra gemelli. Improvvisamente, quando scopre due gemelli assolutamente identici, ma nati da madri diverse, si accorge che qualcuno sta cercando di fermarla in tutti i modi. Perché le sue indagini mettono in allarme una società di punta nel campo della biogenetica? È possibile che esperimenti segreti di clonazione siano stati condotti su cavie umane inconsapevolmente? E in che modo è coinvolto nella vicenda anche un candidato alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti?

Sie sind allseits geschätzt und folgen unbeirrt nur einer Mission: Anderen Menschen zu helfen. Perfekte Gesichter, makellose Körper, die vollendete Schönheit - das ist ihre Berufung. Doch dann werden die beiden berühmten Schönheitschirurgen mit einem gezielten Stich ins Herz getötet.

Christine Garrett is investigating an unusual malaria outbreak on the south coast of England. As she threads the connections between the dead, she discovers links to her son and the charismatic leader he follows. In finding the source of the spreading plague, she is forced to decide between her old faith and the reason that has brought her to a lightless place.

In this third novel of the Cree Black mystery series, a friend and homicide inspector asks Cree to help investigate a human skeleton recently unearthed in the foundation of a fine Victorian home, apparently the bones of a victim of the 1906 earthquake. The bones have intrigued the forensic anthropology team at UC Berkeley with their peculiar anatomical deformities. They call the skeleton "Wolfman". Who was the Wolfman?

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.