Ergebnis für "The Surgeon" in Horror

Christian Windsor is a certified genius. He's also autistic. At 23 years old, with two PhDs, Christian joins the FBI's most dangerous division, The Exceptional Crimes Unit. His first assignment? A serial killer on a rampage. Nicknamed The Surgeon, he's cutting the eyeballs out of women. That's not the only psychopath lurking in the shadows, though. There's another, and Christian can't see him.

In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil--and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping...

On the operating table, the patient is ready to be put under for a simple appendix removal. But something's wrong, the surgeon is overheard talking to another doctor about this being the perfect patient on whom to try out a new serum he has invented. If this experiment goes well, it will bring fame and fortune to the surgeon. The patient, now, scared out of his mind, can't do anything to break free from the situation. He has been trapped and will be the subject of the mad surgeon's diabolical plans.

The brutal murder of Rose Parmiter seems, at first glance, to be a random and senseless act. Rose was the beloved cook at Evergreen House, a place of refuge for women and children, a place from which they can start their lives afresh. Proprietor Rebecca Harris, is profoundly shocked by the death of her dear friend and alarmed at the mysterious events which begin to unfold shortly afterwards. Could the past be casting a shadow on the present? The malign legacy of the Everley family who called Evergreen home, cannot be ignored.

The Surgeon’s Curse starts in an Atlanta sleep lab, when a PhD researcher discovers to her horror that a curse-driven maniac has learned how to sneak into other people’s nightmares and destroy them while they sleep. Powered by “The Curse of Morpheus”, the serial killer uses his paranormal gift - known as somnambulistic telepathy - to invade a sleeper’s nightmares.