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....

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....

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....

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.

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....

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....

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....

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

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....

#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....

The unforgettable story of an indomitable woman, trapped in a conspiracy she helped create but can’t understand.

Three Chicago women have been found strangled, embalmed, and posed as if still alive. Doubting the findings of the local PD’s profiler, the FBI calls on forensic psychologist Zoe Bentley to investigate....

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

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....

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....

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....

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......

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....

Before my world came crashing down, I had it all. The successful career I dreamed of. The beautiful red-brick home where I could relax in front of the fire. The handsome, devoted husband whose blue eyes and charming smile always made me feel safe....

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....

A mission to transfer a dangerous prisoner turns into a deadly chase across the American highway.

AJ Docker (Doc) and his guard dog, Banshee, move to a small town in the mountains for a slower-paced lifestyle. His new life seems perfect, until he begins to uncover the town's dirty secrets. A serial killer hunts in the woods, and dirty money flows throughout the town.

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why....

A suspended doctor fighting to save her career becomes the only one who can stop a terrifying plague. Dr. Mara Quinn is a pariah, returning to the graveyard shift at a rural hospital after being disciplined for saving a patient's life the wrong way. She’s determined to keep her head down, but a healthy man’s impossibly rapid death from a mysterious illness makes that impossible. When his blood clots solid in the test tubes and his entire medical file is wiped from the system, Mara knows this is no ordinary disease. As more patients arrive with the same horrifying symptoms, Mara uncovers...

David Thornton was a respected doctor, a husband, and a father—but beneath the surface, he was drowning. Addiction, debt, and lies had begun to consume him. A weekend trip to Las Vegas, meant for redemption, becomes a nightmare when he crosses paths with a ruthless Russian enforcer—and ends up tortured, hunted, and left for dead in the Nevada desert. But death never came. Instead, David is rescued by a mysterious man named Jacob and taken to a hidden sanctuary known only as the Sanctum—a place untouched by time, built for those seeking one last chance to change. As David confronts the...

The organ and drug trafficking villains from Kidney Kartel are back: drug lord El Jefe, transplant surgeon Lobo, and killer El Nino. They are joined by the evil Chalupa, who reigns terror over their new empire, Transplant Island, with her vicious hatred for Kate Swift. Kate has joined the secret Medical Crimes Agency with Colonel Layne Walker and Kate’s kidney-mate Piper to combat the Cartel in the Caribbean. Will Piper find the recipients of her stolen kidneys? Will Kate’s lover Cade, her transplant surgeon, wait while she seeks her revenge on the Cartel? Kate’s final battle with the...

When Audie wakes up after a devastating accident, her mind is a blank slate. The people around her—her devoted partner, her closest friends, even her own family—all claim to know who she is. But every version of her past is different. Contradictory. Suspicious. As Audie struggles to piece together the fragments of her life, a chilling realization sets in: the memory she lost may not be the worst part of her past. The real danger lies in what she is about to uncover.

A trauma doctor and missing persons detective uncover a deadly conspiracy: young immigrants are being murdered for their organs to save Manhattan's elite. Now they must trust each other completely—or become the next victims. Dr. Eric Morales saves lives at Brooklyn Methodist's trauma bay. NYPD Detective Kylie Hayes finds the lost in Missing Persons. Neither expects their worlds to collide over a pattern of suspicious deaths that someone very powerful wants to keep hidden. But when young, healthy immigrants start dying under mysterious circumstances, their separate investigations reveal a ...

When Dr. Mukerji’s wife suffers a fatal heart attack, he risks everything to save her—with an experimental AI-powered heart he secretly created. The surgery is a miracle. But Meera begins to change. She weeps for memories that aren't hers. Sings songs she never learned. And speaks in the voice of Asha Roy—a girl who died years ago in silence. As the truth unravels, Mukerji discovers a deadly organ-harvesting conspiracy hidden within his own hospital. And the AI heart? It remembers everything. A haunting thriller of science, justice, and the soul that refuses to be forgotten.

The genetic breakthrough. The deadly pursuit. The ultimate moral question. In this explosive finale to the Evolution series, the hunted become the hunters as Ellen Shaw and the Martin brothers face their most harrowing challenge yet. On the run from the ruthless Nicholas Kane and his Operation Darwin, they uncover a staggering revelation—the twins' unique genetic makeup holds the blueprint for humanity's next evolutionary leap. While Ellen and Ben race to decode the twins' DNA sequence, Operation Darwin's merciless supervisor Elena deploys cutting-edge tracking technology and a network of...

The Nightingale's Cage: The Northwood Seven, Book 7 In the gripping conclusion to the acclaimed Northwood Seven series, The Nightingale's Cage follows Sara Fowler, a young hospital volunteer whose desperate need for validation ensnares her in a web of obsessive desire. At Northwood General Hospital—a place where healing and heartbreak intertwine—Sara’s burgeoning fixation on Dr. Julian Hayes, a kind and dedicated resident, threatens to unravel her dreams of a medical career. Mistaking professional admiration for personal connection, she constructs elaborate fantasies of shared purpose...

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...

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 ...

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 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, ...

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, ...

Death was on the menu When a man is found dead under suspicious circumstances, assistant medical examiner Kenzie Kirsch steps in to unravel the mystery. With her sharp eye for detail, Kenzie suspects foul play and dives into a chilling investigation. As Kenzie uncovers unexpected behavioral changes, mysterious health issues, and rising tensions in the victim's life, she realizes she's dealing with something far more sinister than natural causes. Blending scientific rigor with suspense, Currying Death promises an enthralling journey through forensic science and human psychology that will ...

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.