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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?

For 155 days, Will Foster has been locked in medical quarantine without his consent. The doctors claim he is infected with a deadly virus, but this is a lie. Encoded in his DNA is a mutation that provides immunity from disease for all who possess it, source code that Vyrogen Pharmaceuticals aims to commercialize as a multi-billion dollar gene therapy. Against all odds, Foster escapes his laboratory prison and steals a virulent strain of bubonic plague as insurance. To help him unravel the mystery inside him, Foster contacts the only person he can trust - a former lover and microbiologist living Vienna - and the two become fugitives.

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.

Dr. Steven J. Fisher is a young and brilliant biochemist (special subject: the female orgasm). He's invented a Viagra-like pill for women - now he just needs his results to be perfect. Annie is an orgasmically-challenged arts student (special subject: Victorian semicolons) and for some reason his miracle treatment isn't working. As scientist and subject bond over Bunsen Burner-lit meals, Dr. Fisher is surprised to find his feelings taking a most unscientifc turn...

George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane. He has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but also to "improve" people - make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly...and make them compliant to his will.

When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans or leave. She decides to marry him. This is the story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith, when their three children help their mother to care for Michael. Told in alternating points of view by all five members of the family, this searing, gut-wrenching and yet frequently hilarious novel brings alive with remarkable poignancy the depth of family love.

A young woman is rushed to the hospital with stabbing pains. The chief surgeon performs a C-section and delivers a catastrophically malformed foetus that is somehow alive.... Sewage engineer Gemma is plunged into a ghostly darkness in the tunnel where she works. She escapes, but her boss goes missing in the chaos. He is later found alive...but his legs have been severed and his eyes pulled out. 

Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed ‘Little’. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment in Bern, Switzerland, under the charge of reclusive anatomist Dr Curtius. In time the unlikely pair form an unlikely bond, and together they pursue an unusual passion: the fine art of wax modelling. Forced to flee their city, the doctor and his protégée head for the seamy streets of Paris, where they open an exhibition hall for their uncanny creations.  

Creía que nuestro matrimonio era perfecto. Mientras nuestros hijos duermen tranquilos en la habitación de al lado, leo los mensajes que Rob, mi marido, ha intercambiado con otra mujer. Sus promesas de escaparse juntos me llenan los ojos de lágrimas. Piensan que pueden deshacerse de mí así como así. Que pueden destrozar la vida que hemos construido juntos. Rob no sabe que yo he descubierto sus secretos y que ahora sé lo necesario para destruirlo. Puedo seguir interpretando a la esposa perfecta un poco más. Haré lo que sea para proteger mi vida y a mis hijos.

Una doctora. Una paciente. Una terrible mentira. Años después descubrí que no podía tener hijos y ahora trabajo en una clínica de fertilidad, ayudando a otras parejas a conseguir lo que yo nunca podré tener. Es así como él vuelve a mi vida: acude con su mujer como pacientes a la clínica en la que trabajo, desesperados por ser padres. ¿Los ayudo a concebir, a pesar del riesgo que supondría? Tengo que tomar una decisión que podría destruirnos… o ayudarnos a todos. Mi ex cree que conoce mis secretos. Pero no sabe hasta dónde estoy dispuesta a llegar para conseguir lo que siempre he querido.

È la notte di Natale a Central Park e Temple Gault, l'inafferrabile serial killer, guarda la sua ultima vittima mentre si lava il sangue dalle mani con la neve appena caduta. Kay sta eseguendo un'autopsia quando riceve la notizia che il killer è tornato in azione. E l'incubo ricomincia. Mentre Scarpetta inizia a indagare, Gault uccide ancora. E colpisce molto vicino a Kay. È chiaro che il suo vero obiettivo è proprio lei.

Feminist dystopian thrillers have been hitting eerily close to reality lately, and The Last Midwife brings that discomfort home. ‘I’m going to snuff out the old witches–every last one of them!’ Childbirth in England is a state-controlled procedure. Midwives have been outlawed for decades. Only a handful remain, risking everything to help mothers give birth in secret, but now their very existence is under threat.

En intégrant une association de bénévoles à l'hôpital, Gabriel devient berceur de bébés. Anna, jeune médecin, s'apprête à mettre au monde, seule, son premier enfant. Chacun a son propre combat à mener, un fossé les sépare, et pourtant leur rencontre va tout changer. Et si, ensemble, ils apprenaient à se reconstruire ? À vaincre leurs peurs et à affronter les fantômes du passé ?

Iryna Fingerova erzählt so bewegend wie authentisch vom Leben einer jungen ukrainischen Hausärztin in Deutschland, während in ihrem Heimatland Krieg herrscht. Von ihrer Trauer, ihren Schuldgefühlen, ihrer Wut und Resignation, bis hin zu dem Versuch, das eigene Leben weiterzuleben, die Ereignisse zu akzeptieren und vielleicht persönlichen Frieden zu finden. Mira Zehmann ist Hausärztin, Mutter, Ehefrau. Sie stammt aus einer jüdischen Familie in Odesa, vor Jahren hat sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann die Ukraine verlassen, um in Deutschland ihr eigenes Leben zu leben – für sich und ihre kleine Tochter.

Alex, der durch einen Unfall seine Beine und einen Arm einbüßte, meldet sich aus Verzweiflung bei dem geheimen Forschungsschiff "Cheiron". An Bord der "Cheiron" erfahren sie, dass die Forschungen einen gravierenden Haken haben: Um Fortschritte zu erzielen, müssen Lilou und Alex sterben. Wieder und wieder. Noch dazu lösen die Experimente nicht immer steuerbare Kräfte aus. Dann häufen sich unheimliche Vor- und Todesfälle an Bord… Bevor Lilou und Alex der Sache nachgehen können, wird die "Cheiron" durch Unbekannte aufgebracht.

Kleine Tierkadaver – eine Ratte, ein Kaninchen, ein Eichhörnchen – tauchen in Charlotte, North Carolina, auf, verstümmelt und auf bizarre Weise inszeniert. Der forensischen Anthropologin Tempe Brennan ist Tierquälerei zutiefst verhasst. Ihre Beunruhigung wächst, als die Entdeckungen immer makabrer werden. Mit Hochdruck versucht sie dem Täter auf die Spur zu kommen. Denn es scheint nur eine Frage der Zeit zu sein, bis ein Mensch zum Opfer wird …

Dylans liv forvandler sig til et mareridt, da han bliver overfaldet af en gal videnskabsmand, der giver ham en indsprøjtning med et mystisk medikament. Ikke nok med at han ikke selv er klar over, hvad sprøjten indeholdt, så bliver han nu også forfulgt af uhyggelige mænd i sorte biler. Dylan stikker af og flygter gennem USA's Midtvesten. Undervejs forsøger han desperat at regne ud, om han er mest i fare fra sine forfølgere, eller om den egentlige fare er det, der suser rundt i hans blod.

Ride along with four calls in my career. Each one is based on true events, names and specific details have been changed for legal and privacy purposes. Otherwise, these calls are what happened based on my experience. You will ride along in my deep first-person perspective. It is intense. It is adult. It is life changing. The job is intense, grueling, and requires mental, emotional, and physical resilience. Most paramedics quit within the first few years. We leave EMS because of low pay, high stress, and bad work-life balance. So why do the job? Because we love it.

Per la polizia della contea di Broward, Florida, il caso è chiuso: Johnny Swift si è suicidato sparandosi un colpo di fucile al petto. Ma Kay Scarpetta, che dopo aver lasciato l'Istituto di medicina legale di Richmond è oggi a capo della National Forensic Academy, non è altrettanto sicura. Soprattutto dopo che Pete Marino ha ricevuto la telefonata di un uomo che gli comunica che prove determinanti sono state occultate.

Elizabeth Siddal fu modella e poetessa per il movimento dei Preraffaelliti. Morì suicida per amore circa due secoli fa, ma dicono che nel cimitero di Highgate sia possibile vederla ancora vagare con la sua lunga chioma fulva. Roversi l'ha incrociata per caso in Pronto Soccorso.