Showing titles in Medical & Forensic

November 1866: The grisly murder site in London's East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to disguise his skepticism. But Dr. Julia Lewis is accustomed to such condescension . . . To study medicine, Julia had to leave Britain, where universities still bar their doors to women, and travel to America. She returned home to work in her grandfather's practice.

Two innocent women have been brutally murdered, their bodies left at neolithic burial sites across the island of Jersey. Detective Inspector Winter Labey leads the investigation, calling on forensic psychologist Saskia Monet to help unravel the killer's twisted motives. But Saskia harbours a dark secret of her own that threatens to derail the case, and when a suspect emerges with a connection to the prison where Saskia works, the investigation begins to hit dangerously close to home.

Mortuary technician Cassie Raven is shocked to find the body of Bronte, a talented singer on the brink of stardom, in her fridge. The two of them were once schoolmates, although not exactly friends . . . The police say Bronte jumped from her tenth-floor apartment, but Cassie's instincts are telling her it's murder. The death ignites a social media frenzy, and when police watchdog Phyllida Flyte is sent in to assess the handling of the case she is the only one willing to listen to Cassie.

Julia Hamill ist schockiert: Bei Gartenarbeiten stößt sie auf die Überreste eines menschlichen Skeletts. Dr. Maura Isles wird als Pathologin hinzugezogen und stellt schnell fest: Die Gebeine stammen von einer jungen Frau, die offensichtlich ermordet wurde – und zwar vor zweihundert Jahren. Wer ist die Tote, und wer hat sie heimlich im Garten des alten Herrenhauses verscharrt? Die Neugier lässt Julia keine Ruhe. Ihre Nachforschungen führen sie in die Vergangenheit der medizinischen Fakultät der Bostoner Universität. Boston 1830: Ein brutaler Mörder treibt sein Unwesen in der Stadt.

After barely surviving her first six months as a trauma intern at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Dr. Elizabeth Roberts is exhausted from the long hours, senseless violence, and breakneck pace. Despite the tough experience, she has grown to love the city-its food, culture, music, and people. But now she must endure the hardest rotation in the hospital, and it's led by her nemesis, who doesn't think she belongs in the world of surgery.

Caroline Summers, a registered nurse and former army lieutenant, is drawn to Texas to become a front line worker. But as it turns out, the pandemic is threatening more than lives, and it isn't long before she discovers the virus isn't the only thing killing her patients.

People think being a mortuary technician is a seriously weird job. They can't understand why I choose to cut up dead bodies for a living. But they don't know what I know: The dead want to tell us what happened to them. I've eviscerated thousands of bodies, but never someone I know before-someone who meant a lot to me; someone I loved.

When Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, forensic entomologist Nick Polchak signs up to help with the recovery effort. He is known as the Bug Man for his knowledge of insects and what they can reveal about the dead. The government's mandate is clear—rescue the living first, recover the dead later. But something is very wrong in the toxic soup-bowl of post-Katrina New Orleans. Someone is using the cover of disaster to kill . . . hiding the victims of murder in the same watery grave as the victims of Katrina.

Ihr neuester Fall führt Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team zur New Yorker Comic Con. Der erfolgreiche Comickünstler Silas Robinson, Erfinder des Superhelden "Asphalt Boy", stürzte aus einem Fenster des Convention-Hotels in den Tod. Suizid oder Mord? Die Spurenlage ist unklar, noch dazu gibt es eine Reihe an Verdächtigen. Die Rechtsmediziner des NYPD haben wieder einmal alle Hände voll zu tun.

FBI geneticist Mason Brown and Danish Interpol agent Jonna Nielsen have just seventy-two hours to find the missing man they call The Immortal. He's on the run across Europe and his genetic material may be the most valuable commodity in human history. There's just one problem: Someone else wants him, too. As the time to find him dwindles, Mason and Jonna seem to be one step behind a wealthy man who will stop at nothing. If the tech billionaire finds him first, it could change the economic playing field for the entire world.

A well-known scientist, who has recently discovered an effective vaccine for cocaine addiction, dies from anaphylaxis after a routine injection in the office of his allergist, Dr. Leonard Haberman. A malpractice lawsuit ensues, fanned by a politically ambitious senator. Questions arise when it is discovered that the cocaine vaccine specifications are missing along with the head technician who worked closely with the deceased scientist. CBI Agent Ben Locke connects these events with a cold case involving the mysterious death of another scientist.

Forensic entomologist Vanessa Marwood has built her career on her love of insects and the vital information these tiny creatures can provide at the scene of a crime. Just as she is about to board a plane for her dream job at a lab in New York, Vanessa receives a call about a chilling set of murders in her hometown. Not only have four innocent victims lost their lives in a single night, but the killer has sewn spider silk into their wounds. Vanessa swore she would never return to Greensands. But this case, and the dark secrets of her childhood, are drawing her back.

Sie ist die Fürsprecherin der Toten: Im Forensik-Thriller "Tote klagen an" löst Cassie Raven, die toughe Pathologie-Assistentin mit einer Vorliebe für Piercings und Tattoos, ihren 3. Fall. Cassie Raven steckt in einer tiefen Krise: Schon seit Monaten hat die junge Assistentin der Rechtsmedizin keinen jener besonderen Momente mehr erlebt, in denen die Toten zu ihr "sprechen". Hat sie ihre Gabe verloren – und falls ja, welchen Sinn hat es dann, sich täglich mit so viel Tod zu umgeben? Als eines Tages eine Leiche gegen den Rumpf ihres Hausbootes stößt, geht der Fall Cassie ungewöhnlich nahe.

Das hochspannende Finale der Evolution-Reihe! Was passiert, wenn der Mensch Gott spielt? Ella, Ben und Gabriel fliehen immer noch vor Nicolai und der Operation Darwin. Dabei werden sie mit der erschütternden Wahrheit konfrontiert: Die einzige Hoffnung auf Freiheit ist die gewagte Manipulation der menschlichen DNA. Dafür spielen die Zwillinge eine entscheidende Rolle, denn ihre Gene sind der Schlüssel zum Erfolg.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan lies in a hospital room in Carmel, California—but she has sworn to protect an innocent young girl, Cara Delaney, whose enemies are getting closer by the hour. Eve decides they must 'disappear' and so, after years of resistance, succumbs to John MacDuff's insistent plea to track down a treasure presumed buried in Scotland. The remote mountains should be a perfect hiding place, but they soon realize there is nowhere distant enough from those who are on their trail.

Ist die Seele des Menschen unantastbar? Die brillante Forscherin Dr. Josie Parman steht kurz davor, das menschliche Bewusstsein zu digitalisieren – die letzte Hoffnung, ihre sterbende Schwester zu retten. Als ihr Experiment katastrophal scheitert, taucht ein geheimnisvoller Tech-Milliardär mit einem Angebot auf, das zu gut scheint, um wahr zu sein. Doch eine mysteriöse Organisation warnt sie: Dieser Mann will das Ende der Menschheit herbeiführen! Plötzlich findet sich Josie in einem Strudel aus Verrat und dunklen Geheimnissen wieder.

A romantic historical drama set on Sable Island during the late 19th century. Dr. Wulfrey Dale, a well-respected country doctor, finds himself at the center of turmoil when Pasley Carew, a wealthy and brutal man, suffers a severe injury during a fox hunt. Despite Dale's best efforts, Carew dies not from his injuries but from a lethal dose of strychnine secretly administered by his long-suffering wife, Elinor. Elinor confides her guilt to Dale, pleading for his help to avoid execution, pushing him into a moral and professional dilemma. Dale, caught between his duty to the law and his ...

Politisch hochbrisant. Medizinisch unberechenbar. Ökologisch katastrophal. Der allererste Thriller über eine der gewaltigsten Bedrohungen unserer Zeit: Mikroplastik. Es ist überall. Es ist in uns. Und es ist tödlich. Im Mittelmeer verschwindet ein Frachtschiff mit unbekannter Ladung. Enthüllungen über die Auswirkungen der Plastikkatastrophe erschüttern die Welt. Düstere Geschäfte finden auf höchster politischer Ebene statt. Und zeitgleich kämpft in der Hamburger Uniklinik ein Kind ums Überleben.

After a co-intern dies by suicide, a grieving Noah Meier commits an accidental error. In a desperate move to save his patient's life, he covertly seeks help from audacious surgical resident Marah Maddox, igniting a bond between them. When the hospital is suspiciously quick to sweep everything under the rug, Noah turns to his late father's journal for guidance and makes a chilling discovery, all while trying to stay out of the crosshairs of abusive Dr. Rankel, keen to make an example of Noah. Worse, Rankel clearly has it out for Marah as the only woman in her program.

“Dr. Gary Birken knows how to write and has fashioned a riveting tale.” —Michael Palmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Second Opinion FIRST, DO NO HARM. As the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Dade Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Morgan Connolly faces death and suffering on a daily basis. So when two brothers in her care die suddenly as a result of rapidly advanced cases of meningitis, she is saddened but knows she has to let it go . . . THEN, TRY TO SURVIVE. Not long after, Morgan’s own father is killed in what seems to be a random attack. Then, the number of patients dying due...