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For more than 13 years, special agent Winter Black has believed her little brother was dead - kidnapped and murdered by The Preacher, the same lunatic who killed her parents. A lead into Justin’s whereabouts brings her out of her hiatus to chase it, but other cases need her attention, too. At the FBI, tensions are high when a body is dug up, encased in a 55-gallon drum. The team soon realizes they aren’t hunting the typical serial killer, but a skilled surgeon.

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.

Celia de Gray makes inroads as the first saleswoman for Felding-Roth Pharmaceutical Company, but uncovers scandals, including inadequate testing of new prescription drugs and false advertising. She finds that her work, and her marriage to Dr. Andrew Jordan, pose difficult choices she didn't expect.

The best-selling author of Hotel and Airport, Hailey here unlocks the doors of the giant drug industry for a frank, revealing glimpse of drugs, discoveries, deals, and deceptions.

Two graduate students decide to solve their financial problems by becoming egg donors at an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on Boston’s North Shore. But second thoughts and curiosity prompt the two women to find out more about their donated eggs. Obtaining employment at the...

Three years after an incurable virus spread and turned a majority of the population into mindless and cannibalistic creatures, the world is a barren place. Society is broken, and most who remain have banded together in small camps and communities. Jon South is not like most other survivors. After losing his wife and son nearly two years into the pandemic, Jon now wanders the country roads and woods of rural Tennessee, a vigilante taking his revenge out on the undead monsters that took his family from him.

London is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble. A psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?

Es ist ein unsichtbarer Feind. Ein Feind, der tötet. Der renommierte Virologe Michael Schrammer wird ermordet in seinem Labor aufgefunden. Sehr schnell hegt Kommissar Torben Brauer den Verdacht, dass dieser an etwas ganz anderem geforscht hat, als lediglich an einem Mittel gegen das neuartige Wuhan-Virus, welches weltweit bereits Tausende von Todesopfern gefordert hat. Liegt der Schlüssel zur Wahrheit vielleicht in den verschlüsselten Dokumenten auf dem Computer des toten Virologen? Erst nach und nach begreift Kommissar Brauer, dass er es mit einem übermächtigen Gegner zu tun hat, der vor nichts zurückschreckt.

The doctors call it Munchausen by proxy, the terrifying disease that causes parents to induce illness in their own children. Now, in his most frightening case, Dr. Alex Delaware may have to prove that a child's own mother or father is making her sick. Twenty-one-month-old Cassie...

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.

With her acclaimed novels Harvest and Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling realism as a small-town doctor races to unravel the roots of a violent outbreak—before it destroys...

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.

Hauptkommissar Alexander Rieker findet heraus, dass die Häufung von Psychosen und Zwischenfällen in der Stadt auf die Einnahme des neuen Medikaments Sleepless zurückgeht. Er legt seinen Vorgesetzten einen entsprechenden Bericht vor, davon überzeugt, auf diese Weise ein Verbot von Sleepless erwirken zu können. Als Carolin Alberts, die Erfinderin von Sleepless, davon hört, macht sie ihren Einfluss geltend - der Bericht verschwindet. Rieker will sich auf eigene Faust an die Öffentlichkeit wenden, doch bevor er Gelegenheit dazu erhält, wird ein Anschlag auf ihn verübt.

Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were roommates at the Naval Academy in Annapolis years ago. Today, Gabe is a country doctor and his friend Andrew has gone from war hero to governor to President of the United States. One day, Marine One lands on Gabe's Wyoming ranch, and President Stoddard delivers a disturbing revelation and a startling request.

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.

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 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...

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?

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...

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.

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.