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I can’t believe it when I learn my donor’s identity. The attack on Flora was all over the news. From my hospital bed I read every article, obsess over every word and soon I feel like I know her: the beautiful girl with flame-colored hair, adored by everyone around her. Why would anyone hurt someone so perfect? When Flora’s family reach out to me, I’m unsure. My hands are shaking as I arrive at their grand mansion with its golden stone and sprawling gardens, but they’re warm and welcoming, tears shining in her mother’s eyes as she smiles at me.

Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team müssen im Fall einer Gangschießerei ermitteln. Alles deutet auf eine blutige Auseinandersetzung zwischen verfeindeten Banden hin. Doch während auf den Straßen der Bronx ein Krieg in Gang gesetzt wird, folgen die Rechtsmediziner einer ganz anderen Spur - und die führt sie direkt in die Reihen der Polizei.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs’s twentieth “brilliant” (Louise Penny) thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations of unidentified bodies ignite a terrifying series of events. “This is A-game Reichs, with crisp prose, sharp dialogue...

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before. Sifting through the evidence...

Am Schauplatz eines Verkehrsunfalls wird die Leiche eines Mannes gefunden, der schon Stunden zuvor ums Leben kam, aber dennoch typische Unfallverletzungen aufweist. Im Blut des Toten findet sich ein unbekannter Wirkstoff. Rechtsmediziner Dr. Russel Owen bittet einen Freund aus Studientagen um Hilfe und kommt dabei skrupellosen Menschenversuchen auf die Spur.

Der Fund einer grässlich entstellten Wasserleiche stellt Dr. Russel Owen und seine Kollegen vor ein Rätsel. Unter den Fingernägeln des Toten finden sich Haare des Entführungsopfers Debbie Mitchell. Die junge Frau ist vor sieben Jahren plötzlich verschwunden, seitdem fehlt jede Spur von ihr. Inwieweit stehen die beiden Fälle miteinander in Verbindung? Ist Debbie etwa nach all der Zeit noch am Leben und hofft weiterhin auf Rettung?

Carolin Alberts erinnert sich kaum noch an die Person, die sie einmal war. Inzwischen ist sie durch und durch von Ehrgeiz getrieben, wirtschaftliche und politische Macht ist zu ihrem Lebenselixier geworden. Auch für Hauptkommissar Alexander Rieker gibt es nach der Einnahme des Medikaments Sleepless kein Zurück in sein früheres Leben. Es gelingt ihm, Verbündete in der neuen Elite zu finden, die sich von Carolin bedroht fühlt. Um Carolins Macht zu brechen, stellt Rieker sie zu einem letzten Duell.

A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him. Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful roller-coaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.

Featuring a preview of the highly anticipated new thriller Speaking in Bones, this eBook original novella showcases #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs at the peak of her powers. In Bones on Ice, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan gets wrapped up in the ultimate cold case...

Dr. Russel Owen und seine Kollegin Jane Perkins sind auf dem Rückweg von einem Ärztekongress, als ihr Wagen eine Panne hat und liegenbleibt. In einem nahen Waldstück entdecken sie daraufhin eine notdürftig verscharrte Leiche. Als sie mit dem Sheriff der nächsten Kleinstadt zum Fundort zurückkehren, ist der Tote allerdings verschwunden. Was wird hier gespielt? Und weshalb begegnen die Einwohner der Stadt den Neuankömmlingen mit verdächtigem Misstrauen? Schnell stecken die Rechtsmediziner des NYPD wieder bis zum Hals in einem neuen Fall.

For 155 days, Will Foster has been locked in medical quarantine without his consent. The doctors claim he is infected with a deadly virus, but this is a lie. Encoded in his DNA is a mutation that provides immunity from disease for all who possess it, source code that Vyrogen Pharmaceuticals aims to commercialize as a multi-billion dollar gene therapy. Against all odds, Foster escapes his laboratory prison and steals a virulent strain of bubonic plague as insurance. To help him unravel the mystery inside him, Foster contacts the only person he can trust - a former lover and microbiologist living Vienna - and the two become fugitives.

It wasn’t until people started shooting at her that Eve Salutem had an inkling she was anything other than an elementary school teacher suffering from a rare form of cancer. Discovering she was a walking source of the vaccine for lethal bioweapons and that her previous 27 years were based on lies, lies, and more lies shattered her fragile world and threatened her sanity.

Two patients in comas, not expected to live: when they both recover, sharing the same bizarre symptom of blue urine, it’s a medical miracle that Dr. Roger Clark cannot explain. One of the patients happens to be Sharon Wilder, a beautiful Hollywood starlet. When she offers Dr. Clark the chance to accompany her to the private Caribbean island called Eden, he has to accept—if only to learn more about the bioengineering company Advance, Inc., and their promise to make your wildest dreams come true.

Chief Standish kandidiert für den Posten des Bürgermeisters. Doch bereits bei seiner ersten großen Wahlkampfveranstaltung kommt es zum Desaster. Eine Bombe explodiert und reißt unter anderem seinen Neffen in den Tod. Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team suchen unter Hochdruck nach dem Bombenleger und geraten dabei in einen gefährlichen Strudel aus Korruption und organisiertem Verbrechen.

I met him on my last New Year's Eve in New York. Sparks flew. Madness ensued. And after the hottest night of my life, I ran out on him. Three years later, he and I come face-to-face again.

In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.

Dos mujeres aguardan su destino en su particular sala de espera. Cuando el reloj marque las once, sus vidas cambiarán para siempre. Mariona, una joven médica de fuertes convicciones, espera angustiada el fallo de un mediático proceso judicial que enfrenta ciencia y religión con ella como principal acusada. Lucía, emprendedora de mediana edad, desengañada y de vuelta de casi todo, alberga la esperanza de convertir una misteriosa entrevista de trabajo en su última oportunidad para no perder todo lo que tiene.

As fresh and shocking as today’s headlines, a “chilling” (People) Temperance Brennan novel in which a harrowing excavation unearths a terrible tragedy never laid to rest—from New York Times bestselling author and world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. They are “the...

It was just another day in the Emergency Department - until she was wheeled in through the doors. Amanda Parks. My childhood best friend's mom, who I may or may not have secretly kissed before leaving for college. I haven't seen her in over a decade, and in so many ways, she hasn't changed. But something new? There isn't a ring on her finger anymore...And I'm much more of a man than I was at eighteen.