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

Greg Bear’s Nebula Award–winning novel, Darwin’s Radio, painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution. Now Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where “survival of the fittest” takes on...

Michael Palmer, a skilled physician and veteran of big city emergency rooms, burst on the literary scene with The Sisterhood, a riveting medical thriller that instantly climbed the New York Times bestseller list. Palmer followed up that smashing debut with a string of major bestsellers, each one...

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...

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. As I call time of death, my voice is steady. My colleagues stand hushed around me, their eyes on me, confused, concerned.

Der NINK - ursprünglich in der Militärforschung entwickelt - sollte ein Auslöschen traumatischer Erlebnisse ermöglichen. Doch seit seiner Markteinführung gilt das Chip-Implantat als Wunderwerk der Digitalisierung, das als Speicher und persönlicher Assistent auch bald nicht mehr aus dem Alltag wegzudenken ist. Als Journalistin Silvie Mankowitz erfährt, dass ihr Bruder zwei Menschen ermordet und sich danach in den Kopf geschossen haben soll, weiß sie, dass etwas nicht stimmt, und beginnt zu recherchieren.

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....

THE INCREDIBLY GRIPPING THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT LIE ********* In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege - the residents have it all. Life is good. There's just...

Dr. Lauren Hale, a new hospital resident, is nearly killed by a raving mad emergency room patient, in a senseless, unprovoked attack. Officer David Olson, veteran cop and former Marine, returns from a father-son camping trip to discover that his ex-wife has vanished under bizarre circumstances, and his police department is on the verge of collapse. Jack and Emma Harper, a young, upwardly mobile couple, find their hip city neighborhood rapidly descending into madness.

Dr. Kate Turner is happy with her new life in Oak Falls in upstate New York. Working as a relief veterinarian at a small house-call practice, she truly enjoys helping her patients. All that changes when client Claire Birnham is found dead, an apparent suicide. A talented artist, Claire had everything to live for: a new job; a Manhattan apartment; her cairn terrier, Toto. As feisty as the Wizard of Oz's Toto, he and Claire were devoted to each other. Kate can't imagine Claire simply abandoning her pet. Was her death murder?

In the second audiobook of the McBride trilogy, Dr. David McBride enters the story having committed an egregious act that transgresses both moral and civil law. Left with no semblance of a normal life - his family, freedom, and humanity stripped away - he resigns to accept his fate and face whatever punishment is forthcoming. But David McBride is too valuable a commodity to languish in prison, and he soon finds himself caught between opposing forces - a corporate spy representing a Russian biotech firm and a man trying to save his daughter's life.

It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility precipitates a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead.

A rash of strange and horrifying births sweeps through London in the new horror thriller from master of the genre Graham Masterton. A SERIES OF STRANGE BIRTHS A young woman is rushed to the hospital with stabbing pains. The chief surgeon performs a C-section, and delivers a catastrophically...

Stjålne biologiske våben fra Syrien. Et forsvundet passagerfly i Malaysia. Dødsfald blandt unge på et diskotek i København. Og en religiøs sekt på Sjælland. Hvordan hænger det sammen? Det bliver eksperten i biologiske våben, Jacob Detlev, sat til at finde ud af i et hæsblæsende...

Mange døde efter et angreb på et fodboldstadium. En kendt animationsfigur og en flygtet livstidsfange på hævntogt. Og en række gamle voldtægtssager i Irland. Det er centrale begivenheder, som politiet og efterretningstjenesten beder Jacob Detlev om hjælp til at opklare i sin egenskab af...

Et folketingsvalg i Danmark. En virusudvikler fra Rusland. En forladt mineby på Svalbard. Og en kompromisløs højreekstremist i København. Alt i alt en dødelig cocktail. ​Da et muligt biologisk angreb på det danske Folketing bliver opdaget, sættes virologen og eksperten i biologiske...

Dos médicos retirados de su ejercicio profesional se reencuentran para almorzar en la azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. El resultado será el choque estrepitoso con la realidad de dos compañeros que se reconocen en la vejez. Los personajes le abrirán al lector las puertas de un quirófano y de un ambiente que, para muchos, resulta desconocido. La lucha soterrada entre especialistas, los intereses e intrinquis de un caso medicolegal quedarán expuestos.

Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer’s mind...

From one of the world’s top selling crime writers comes the extraordinary twentieth Kay Scarpetta novel. 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...

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds...