Ergebnis für "Gothic" in Medizin & Forensik

Bloomsbury presents Bone China by Laura Purcell, read by Laura Kirman. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans...

"With the roar of thunder and the speed of a galloping horse comes the tide to Mont St. Michel", goes the old nursery song. So when the aged patriarch of the du Rocher family falls victim to the perilous tide, even the old man's family accepts the verdict of accidental drowning. But too quickly, this "accident" is followed by a bizarre discovery in the ancient du Rocher chateau: a human skeleton, wrapped in butcher paper, beneath the old stone flooring. Professor Gideon Oliver, lecturing on forensic anthropology at nearby St. Malo, is asked to examine the bones.

In this chilling supernatural thriller, Carla, a curious and brave teenager, moves into a dilapidated Victorian house on the outskirts of a quiet town. The house, overgrown with ivy and cloaked in mystery, soon reveals its dark secrets. At first, Carla is simply trying to make new friends and fit in, but when she invites a group of classmates over to explore her eerie new home, they find themselves trapped in a waking nightmare. The house is alive with more than creaking floors and whispering winds.

"Dog days and the fresh bodies are arriving once again." So begins the fall term at South Carolina Medical College, where Dr. Jacob Thacker is on probation for Xanax abuse. His interim career - working public relations for the dean - takes an unnerving detour into the past when the bones of African American slaves, over a century old, are unearthed on the campus. Out of the college’s dark past, these bones threaten to rise and condemn the present.

Amenazados por la Muerte Roja, una terrible plaga con síntomas espantosos que se ha extendido sobre la tierra, el príncipe Próspero y otros mil nobles se han refugiado en su fortificada abadía. Con la intención de esperar al fin de la plaga, se recluyen rodeados de lujo y de seguridad, y con una total indiferencia hacia la muerte y el sufrimiento de la población en general.