Medical

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate....

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....

In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest - nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past....

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med.

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit....

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon....

From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (Library Journal), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident who experiences life-shattering visions that reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.

Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of internship at County Hospital.

Convicted serial killer Carrie Grethen has escaped from a psychiatric hospital with plans for revenge. Wary and shaken, Scarpetta also has to investigate the death by fire of an unknown woman....

From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War....

A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi....

Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape....

Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner....

Following the post mortem of a stowaway that reveals neither cause of death nor identity, Dr. Kay Scarpetta travels to Paris in search of information....

#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this classic forensic thriller....

Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr. Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack....

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. But in this thrilling #1 New York Times bestseller, her fresh start ushers in a string of murders more baffling—and terrifying—than any that have come before......

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago....

Once a trailblazer in the field of medicine, Dr. Tucia Hatherley hasn't touched a scalpel or stethoscope since she made a fatal mistake in the operating theater. Instead, she works in a corset factory, striving to earn enough to support her disabled son.

Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world....

In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, 26-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning....

In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks....

With high-tension suspense and cutting-edge technology, Patricia Cornwell—the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer—once again proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall in this remarkable novel featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta....

Fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill that like to listen to audiobooks like The Bird Box and The Haunting and can't get enough stories about serial killers are going to enjoy listening to The Asylum Confessions....

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN—to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner....

Twenty-three-year-old Michael “Mitt” Fuller starts his surgical residency with great anticipation at the nearly three-hundred-year-old, iconic Bellevue Hospital, following in the footsteps of four previous, celebrated Fuller generations. The pressure is on for this newly minted doctor, and to his advantage he’s always had a secret sixth sense, a sensitivity to the nonphysical. But quickly one patient after another assigned to his care begin to die from mysterious causes.

Piper Kearns is a former soccer star addicted to opiates after multiple knee surgeries sidelined her career. She lives in the North Philadelphia region of Kensington, a notorious sector of town known for its unhoused population and open heroin market. There she meets volunteer Vince Amato, a medical intern at the Philadelphia General Hospital doing research with world-renowned pathologist Dr. Donald Drake. Drake and his colleagues recently discovered a genetic marker at the cellular level termed the Doomsday Switch, which predisposes an individual to an opioid overdose. In parallel, a surge...

È una bella giornata di sole a Cambridge, Massachusetts, ed è anche il compleanno di Kay Scarpetta, che sta per partire per una vacanza a Miami con il marito Benton Wesley. Mentre è nel patio di casa sua a controllare la brace del barbecue, Kay nota sette centesimi di rame disposti in fila sul muro del giardino. Si tratta forse di un gioco di bambini? Ma se così fosse, come mai quelle monetine sono tutte datate 1981 e risplendono come se fossero state appena coniate?

An orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in "an adventurous and inspiring tale" (Library Journal). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift - an acute sensitivity to impending death - never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.

Every asylum has its secrets. Some refuse to stay buried. When ambitious young psychiatrist Dr. Eleanor Harper accepts a position at the recently reopened Ashwood Asylum, she’s determined to leave behind the mistakes—and the darkness—of her past. But Ashwood is not what it seems. The staff are wary, the patients too familiar. Whispers in the halls seem to call her by name. Mirrors reflect a version of herself that she doesn’t recognize. The deeper Eleanor immerses herself in her work, the more the edges of reality begin to fray.

DR. DYLAN WEST is a highly motivated medical resident who is determined to secure a coveted spot in a new, exclusive medical fellowship that specializes in LGBTQ+ medicine. She strives to win every award and honor to make her application stand out. When she doesn’t win the Intern of the Year award, given to the most promising first year resident, she quickly develops a chip on her shoulder.

Ogni corpo cela segreti…. Jayne e Steelie hanno fondato l’Agenzia 32/1 con un unico scopo: sfruttare le loro competenze di specialiste forensi per aiutare la polizia a identificare i cadaveri di persone scomparse. Quando un furgone perde un carico di resti umani congelati sulla superstrada di Los Angeles, l’agente dell’FBI Scott Houston non esita a coinvolgere le due antropologhe nelle indagini, chiedendo loro di effettuare un post-mortem non ufficiale. Ma con orrore di tutti, Jayne e Steelie capiscono subito che i resti non provengono da un solo cadavere.

Two sisters battle demons from their EMS careers that have affected their personal lives.

Dr. Ansh, driven by his duty to treat a gunshot victim without asking any questions, finds himself falling in love with the patient without even realizing it. As he tends to the patient's wounds, he becomes emotionally entangled with the unknown person, who lies in a coma. But who is this person, and what led to the shooting?

Евгений Баталов, талантливый врач и основатель первой в Москве "скорой помощи", продолжил свой путь в мире медицины Российской империи конца XIX века. Его новаторские идеи, такие как стрептоцид, зеленка и тонометр, принесли ему признание и успех, но также завистников и недоброжелателей. Баталов столкнулся с вызовами как профессиональными, так и личными. И теперь ему приходится бороться с бюрократией, решать финансовые проблемы "скорой", обучать персонал и противостоять чиновникам.