Medical & Forensic

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....

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her....

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....

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.

In life, it's always the goal to be the most loved, respected, and adored. The favorite, if you will. However, Demi Rao has realized that being the favorite isn't always a dream come true.

The death of a nameless young woman in his emergency room spurs physician AJ Docker to seek answers. Together with his policeman friend and a police dog, he sets out on a quest for justice for his lost patient, but he discovers more questions than answers as he delves into the criminal world.

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....

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

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

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....

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

He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they soon will endure. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine....

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....

Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy'—a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

The Women's Murder Club faces an unspeakable horror in an irresistible hospital and courtroom thriller by number one best-selling author James Patterson....

The study of twins and the genetics of aggression totally consumes research scientist Jeannie Ferrami....

They’re one of the country’s most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New York’s hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman....

Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history when she’s awakened at an early hour by Detective Pete Marino....

Jérémy Bouscarat est infirmier à l'hôpital Lariboisière. Une nuit, alors qu'il fume devant les urgences, une voiture pile face à lui. Au volant, une femme en état de choc ; à l'arrière, deux enfants blessés par balle. Lorsque le commandant Alexane Laroche arrive sur place, la mère est introuvable. Pourquoi s'est-elle évaporée dans la nuit ? Pour la flic démarre une course contre la montre ; pour l'infirmier, une quête obsessionnelle qui le transformera à jamais. Qui des deux aura le fin mot de l'histoire ?

A devoted wife and mother faces the unimaginable as her life crumbles. Crystal Rigler seems to have a perfect marriage. Derek, her handsome and charismatic husband, and their adult daughter, Cordelia, are her whole world. In addition to her already busy life, Crystal supports the volunteer organization she and Derek started: STOP (Stop Transplants of Organs from Prisoners). STOP aims to end a new government policy of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. They learn that these organs are not distributed by the national transplant list, established to allocate organs fairly.

A mysterious brain anomaly. A series of suspicious deaths. A conspiracy that will redefine humanity. When radiologist Ellen Shaw discovers an inexplicable pattern of neural mutations in patients at St. Mary's Hospital in Chicago, she uncovers the first piece of a terrifying puzzle. These aren't random medical anomalies—they're deliberate alterations with catastrophic consequences. As the affected patients begin dying one by one in apparent suicides, Ellen realizes something far more sinister is at work. Teaming up with MRI technician Ben Martin, whose own brother Gabriel exhibits the same...

Aus einem fensterlosen Labor, das von keinem Menschen betreten wurde und dessen einzige Tür unter ständiger Beobachtung stand, ist eine Unze Radium im Wert von drei Millionen Dollar verschwunden. Unmöglich!, meint Prof. Dexter. Sein berühmter Kollege van Dusen ist indigniert. Sein Wahlspruch lautet: Nichts ist unmöglich, und so macht sich der große Kriminologe daran, das mysteriöse Geschehen aufzuklären.

Telefonate oscene. Minacce. E quella continua sensazione che ogni suo gesto sia maniacalmente osservato. Beryl Madison, scrittrice di successo, vive da mesi nel terrore, sa che la sua vita è in pericolo. Eppure apre la porta di casa al suo assassino. Poco dopo, sempre a Richmond, viene ucciso un altro famoso scrittore. E i due cadaveri finiscono all'Istituto di medicina legale. Comincia così il difficile lavoro della dottoressa Kay Scarpetta. Indagini di laboratorio che, a poco a poco, si trasformano in un incubo spaventoso che coinvolge la sua stessa vita.

In the aftermath of a global pandemic, Dr. Avit Arceneaux and Sister Lazare, genetically altered clones, escape to Scorpion Hollow, a remote town nestled in the hills of North Georgia. They have nowhere else to go, and Lazare is expecting their first child.

„Der Tod ist weiß wie Schnee.“ Der Kampf um Leben und Tod ist der Alltag der ehrgeizigen Unfallchirurgin Lisa Wenger. Doch dieser Job fordert immer mehr seinen Tribut – Lisa muss nachhelfen, um die anstrengenden Schichten durchzustehen und mehr als einmal überschätzt sie ihre eigenen Kräfte. So auch, als sie auf dem nächtlichen Weg nach Hause einen schrecklichen Unfall verursacht. Von nun an kann Lisa dabei zusehen, wie ihr einst erfolgreiches Leben zerbricht: Sie leidet unter Schuldgefühlen, verliert ihren Job und gerät in den Fokus polizeilicher Ermittlungen .

Life as an ER doctor is intense. A shift can turn from mundane to insane in a matter of moments depending on what walks in, or crawls in, the door. Dr. Cameron Turner was no stranger to death. It happened all the time in the ER, but usually not to the doctor. When an irate patient loses control, Cameron crumbles to the ground with a mortal wound. While the team races to save their colleague from certain death, Cameron opens his eyes and finds himself face-to-face with God. He is offered something he has sought his entire life.

A chilling attack. A race against time. Trust no one. Dr. Kristi Chiro thought she'd seen it all in the high-stakes world of hospital IT security. But when a rogue team of hackers infiltrates her hospital, she finds herself in a race against time to save lives and protect the very technology meant to heal. As patients' vital signs spiral out of control and chaos engulfs the hospital, Kristi and her team must navigate a treacherous landscape of cyber warfare, where every beep of a monitor could signal life or death. But this is just the beginning.

Nora Brady has left the sheriff's department after a personal tragedy leads her to re-evaluate her life. She takes a job in the oncology clinic at Harrison Hospital, where she has been a per-diem nurse for some years. When it's discovered that a patient who had been treated in the clinic dies while on a cruise, but an autopsy reveals no evidence of cancer, Nora and her friends are left to wonder if he was the only victim. Unwilling to alert the perpetrators, Nora and the team covertly explore the who and why of such a deplorable scheme.

IN THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF SURGERY, ONE MOMENT OF PRIDE CAN COST EVERYTHINGWhen brilliance becomes arrogance, who pays the price? Dr. Alex Ramsey has it all—lightning-quick reflexes, an intuitive grasp of complex diagnoses, and hands that seem born to hold a scalpel. Fresh out of medical school and stepping into the pressure-cooker environment of Northwood General Hospital, he's convinced his natural talent puts him leagues ahead of his methodical, "plodding" colleagues. But in the operating room, there's no room for ego. While Alex dismisses the careful protocols and thorough approaches...

The Pathologist’s Stain: A Medical Drama Novel (Book 2) How much harm can a single act of professional envy do - and what does it take to heal from a mistake that changed someone else’s life? In the high-pressure, high-stakes world of academic medicine, one pathologist’s relentless pursuit of accuracy collides with her urgent need for recognition - a collision that threatens careers, lives, and her own sense of self. Dr. Chloe Tran has always found solace in the quiet certainty of the pathology lab, where truth hides in plain sight beneath the microscope. But at Northwood General, ...

When brilliance meets rage, everyone pays the price. Dr. Marcus Thorne is everything you want in an ER doctor - until his temper explodes. Lightning-fast diagnoses, life-saving decisions under pressure, and surgical precision make him invaluable at Northwood General's trauma center. But his volcanic anger is destroying everything around him. Junior staff cower. Nurses request different assignments. Even seasoned colleagues avoid him during the most critical moments. Marcus tells himself his rage is just passion - the fire that makes him exceptional. He's wrong. During a devastating mass ...

The Lotus Eater’s Ward: A Novel of Medicine, Mistakes, and Redemption In the high-stakes wards of Northwood General, brilliance can be both a blessing - and a curse. Zara Ali is a star medical student: dazzlingly intelligent, quick-witted, and able to diagnose with uncanny intuition. But as her clinical training intensifies, Zara’s talent for “seeing through” cases leads her to shortcuts, oversights, and one devastating mistake that nearly ends a patient’s life - and her career. As Zara is forced into a grueling remediation program under the watchful eyes of her mentor, Dr. Kim, ...

One more level. One more raid. One more energy drink. In a world of endless feeds and infinite quests, where do you draw the line? For Liam Hansen, the line is a blur. By day, he’s a brilliant IT technician at Northwood General, the silent hero who keeps the hospital's life-saving systems online. By night, he’s a legendary tactical coordinator in the sprawling universe of an online game, a digital god among mere players. Fueled by a constant datastream of caffeine and junk food, he masterfully juggles network alerts and dragon attacks, believing he has achieved ultimate efficiency. But ...