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Tony Colletti, a good suburban cop and father of a child with autism, finds himself drawn into the controversy over the apparent but rarely acknowledged connection between childhood vaccines and autism. His quest to uncover the truth forces him to risk all he holds dear while confronting corrupt government officials, the powerful pharmaceutical industry, and disturbing elements of his own past. Even while holding down his job and dealing with family crises, Colletti spearheads the drive to contend with industrial espionage, Russian gangsters, and sexual predators.

New Orleans has been quarantined, an unknown virus sweeping the city, killing 100 percent of those infected. The Center for Disease Control, desperate to find a cure, is approached by BioDyne Pharma who reveal a former employee has turned a cutting-edge medical treatment capable of targeting specific genetic sequences into a weapon, and released it.

Juan Gutierrez, a cancer researcher, uncovers what he believes to be the key to conquering humanity's susceptibility to cancer. But others are interested in using the new genetic algorithm for very different applications. Nate Carrington, an FBI forensic analyst, has been struggling with several cold cases when he's alerted to an incident at a nearby ranch. It's a case of a newborn calf who is found in the middle of a herd of dead cattle. It provides a single link to Nate's other cold cases....

A wave of apparently random homicides is sweeping through their idyllic seaside town of Helsingborg. The murders have no pattern, no order, no reason. The perpetrator is immune to psychological profiling; forensically untraceable; utterly invulnerable to modern police techniques. The body count is growing. But lead investigator Fabian Risk is distracted by his mission to expose a corrupt colleague, and his boss Astrid is spiralling back into addiction. As the hunt for the solution becomes ever more desperate, their tight-knit team begins to unravel.

South Africa, Zimbabwe, China and Britain: In the shadow of the Cold War, a deadly secret connects three continents—and time is running out. When a mild-mannered scientist accidentally uncovers a web of international espionage during a routine visit to Beijing, he's thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. His only ally? A magnetic anti-apartheid activist who may have secrets of her own.

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At first glance, the murder of Peggy Frampton looks like a burglary gone wrong. But DS George Cross, with his meticulous methods, thinks otherwise. The victim, a former mayor of Bristol, is now an online influencer whose forthright opinions attract the kind of attention that most people would like to avoid. There's no shortage of suspects. Cross's investigation will lead him from Peggy's unfaithful husband to her gambling-addicted son, to a scorned former lover with a grudge. But she also has political enemies in her past.

Hans och Kristin är ett medelålders par som båda jobbar inom vården i ett lagom stort svenskt samhälle. Gradvis blir deras grå vardag alltmer dramatisk när deras patienter och anhöriga drabbas av ett mystiskt sjukdomsutbrott. Den burdusa och karriärlystna Eva, överläkare på sjukhuset, tar befäl över situationen och spelar ett allt högre spel. Efterhand ansamlas tecknen på att smittspridningen är avsiktlig - men av vem, och varför?

In allerletzter Minute entkommen die US-Amerikanerin Rosanna Sands und der Hamburger Geschäftsmann Peter Berg in der ostasiatischen Metropole Hongkong der aufflammenden Pandemie des SARS-CoV-2 Virus. Am selben Tag wird in China die Millionenstadt Wuhan komplett abgeriegelt und innerhalb weniger Wochen gerät fast die gesamte Welt in einen globalen Lockdown. Auf der abenteuerlichen Suche nach den Ursprüngen des Virus geraten die beiden in tödliche Gefahr. Es scheint, dass COVID-19 und die schreckliche Epidemie nur die Ouvertüre eines viel gefährlicheren Szenarios sein könnten.

Habían descubierto el arma definitiva. A petición de cualquier cliente que lo pudiese pagar, podían fabricar un virus letal capaz de eliminar solo a la etnia seleccionada... La más novedosa tecnología farmacéutica al servicio de la muerte. Intriga, suspense, asesinatos, en la carrera de venderla al mejor postor. Sin quererlo Yoko Yoshida, se había visto envuelta en la conspiración. Para enfrentarse a ella solicitó la ayuda de la única persona a la que confiaría su vida: Sergio.

¿Están usando sus vacunas para hacer una limpieza étnica? Liz, joven bioquímica, descubre que su empresa, Shonjon & Frepiz en Bangalore (India) está esterilizando a miles de mujeres con sus vacunas. Paul, su mejor amigo, es asesinado en la planta farmacéutica y Liz tiene que escapar de allí para salvar su vida. Desde la India, pasando por Estambul y Londres, Matt y Liz, ayudados por los SAS británicos consiguen llegar a Marbella, en el Sur de España, donde van a buscar pruebas para poder acusar a la farmacéutica. Investigando al vicepresidente de Shonjon & Frepiz, descubren el M8.

A legal and political thriller ripped from today’s headlines. Michael MacDougall volunteers for a medical aid charity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Traumatized by his experiences in Africa, he goes down a path that he never would have imagined possible, resulting in a global manhunt and a riveting trial.

Deciding on her 39th birthday that a baby is the best present she could give herself, single Manhattan public relations executive Nina Kitchener makes an appointment to undergo artificial insemination at the Human Fertility Institute. Nine months later the nightmare begins. Just hours after she gives birth, someone kidnaps her infant son from the nursery. The police aren't helping, the fertility institute has shut down, and Nina believes that the only way to find her baby is to learn the identity of the sperm donor.

Der US-Außenminister stirbt bei einem Staatsbesuch in München, bei der Obduktion erscheint auf seinem Herzen ein seltsames Zeichen. In Brasilien, Tansania und Indien entdecken Mitarbeiter eines Chemiekonzerns Pflanzen und Tiere, die es eigentlich nicht geben kann. Zur gleichen Zeit wenden sich Helen und Greg an eine Kinderwunschklinik in Kalifornien. Der Arzt macht ihnen Hoffnung, erklärt sogar, er könne die genetischen Anlagen ihres Kindes verbessern.

Das Thriller-Debüt von Thomas Herzsprung, der als Tommy Herzsprung den LovelyBooks Leserpreis 2019 und Skoutz-Award 2018 gewonnen hat. Er will dir helfen? Dann renn um dein Leben! Die Morgendämmerung taucht den See im Stadtwald in ein unwirkliches Licht. Am Ufer liegt eine tote junge Frau. Bis auf ein Leinentuch um die Hüften ist sie nackt. Wohl platzierte Schnitte ziehen sich entlang der Venen über Arme und Beine. Ihr Mund ist eine blutige, zahnlose Höhle, der Schädel kahl rasiert.

Disaffected ex-Mossad agent, Uzi, works as a security guard and low-level drug dealer in London. Frustrated with his life and haunted by his past, everything changes for Uzi when he gets the chance to expose the ruthlessness of his former employers by feeding information to WikiLeaks. But once it's out there, Uzi will be a marked man...

Dr. Duncan Lathram is a brilliant plastic surgeon who recently invented a dissolving implant that allows incisions to heal without scarring. His unparalleled artistry in the operating room is the salvation of all the biggest power players in Washington, DC, whenever they need to be TV ready. Lathram appears to have it all, but something isn’t right....

In den stillgelegten U-Bahn-Schächten New Yorks treibt ein perverser Serienmörder sein Unwesen. Das Team der Rechtsmedizin ermittelt unter Obdachlosen, die in den Tunneln ihr Lager aufgeschlagen haben. Offenbar hat der Täter es gezielt auf die Außenseiter der Gesellschaft abgesehen. Dr. Russel Owen und seine Kollegen stoßen dann aber auf Ungereimtheiten und finden heraus, dass sie es mit mehr als einem Killer zu tun haben

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.