Medical Crime Thrillers

Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im Rechtsmedizin-Thriller "Mit kalter Präzision" von Bestseller-Autor Michael Tsokos ermittelt erstmals Dr. Sabine Yao aus Berlin. Der erste Teil von Michael Tsokos‘ neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe. "Mit kalter Präzision" ist der Start der neuen rechtsmedizinischen Reihe von Michael Tsokos. Hauptfigur ist Dr. Sabine Yao, die wir bereits als Rechtsmedizinerin im Sektionssaal an der Seite von Dr. Fred Abel aus der berühmten Fred Abel-Thriller-Reihe von Michael Tsokos kennen.

Pathologist Toni Day and her husband, Hal, are mystified when she starts receiving grisly Christmas cards depicting murders, each accompanied by a twisted verse from The Twelve Days of Christmas, and she and her partners are suddenly inundated with autopsies on the corresponding bodies. The victims are members of a jury that convicted Toni’s old boyfriend Robbie of kidnapping and sent him to prison.

Pour Laura Badía, l’experte en criminalistique chargée de l’enquête, cette affaire est celle de sa vie: il va lui falloir élucider un assassinat d’une extrême sauvagerie et la disparition du domicile de la victime de treize pointes de flèches taillées par le peuple Tehuelche il y a des milliers d’années. Une collection dont tout le monde parle mais que presque personne n’a jamais vue, qui renferme la clé d’un des plus grands mystères archéologiques de notre temps, dont la valeur scientifique est inestimable, tout comme sa valeur sur le marché noir.

When a body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to investigate. The manner of the young man's death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled. In the ensuing investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local population trying to hide?

In 2025 America, it's hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently - all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental treatment from a global health company.

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.

In a Washington, D.C. research lab, a brilliant scientist is attacked by his own test subjects. At Columbia University, a talented biochemist is lured out of her apartment and never seen again. In the Justice Department’s new Bioethics Committee, agent Les Mahler sees a sinister pattern emerging.... Zoe Kincaid is a petite college student whose rare genetic makeup may hold the key to a powerful medical breakthrough. When she is kidnapped, the very thing mankind has wanted since the dawn of time threatens to unleash our final destruction.

Er stößt dich in die Dunkelheit und dein Albtraum beginnt! In einer dunklen Winternacht ertrinkt eine junge Frau im eiskalten Wasser. Rechtsmedizinerin Julia Schwarz geht zunächst davon aus, dass sie sich von einer Brücke in den Tod gestürzt hat, denn sie trägt einen Abschiedsbrief bei sich. Doch bei der Autopsie entdeckt Julia etwas an dem Leichnam, das zweifellos auf einen Mord hindeutet. Schlimmer noch, offenbar hat der Täter sein Opfer vor dem Tod gefoltert. In den nackten Fußsohlen der Frau stecken zahlreiche Glassplitter.

Forensic pathology Bodhi King’s silent retreat at Buddhism monastery hasn’t been as contemplative, or silent, as he hoped. Bodhi’s plan was to meditate on the meaning of a recent run-in with an old flame, but instead he’s pressed into service to identify a murdered stranger. He teams up with a pair of federal agents, a bold, brainy plant pathologist, and the no-nonsense small-town police chief. The players’ loyalties shift continually, and nothing’s as it seems.

Wade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept and burning their house to the ground. When the case lands on barrister Neve Harper’s desk, she knows it could make her career. A matter of days before the case, as Neve is travelling home for the night, she is approached by a man. He tells her she must throw the case or the secret about her husband’s disappearance will be revealed. Failing that, he will kill everyone she cares about, until she does as she is told.

People come to Hades Archer to dispose of their 'problems' - for a fee. But one night he makes a decision that will change everything. Twenty years later, homicide detective Frank Bennett meets his new partner, the dark and beautiful Eden Archer. But there's something strange about Eden and her brother, Eric. Something he can't quite put his finger on. And as they race to catch a serial killer, Frank starts to wonder if she's as dangerous as the man they hunt.

London chiropractor David “Stitch” Stichell is desperate to hold onto his adopted daughter. Already struggling with deteriorating health, his heart breaks when her birth father returns to take her away. But his life spirals into chaos when the other man is suddenly murdered. As his experimental cancer treatment mysteriously self-destructs, the people around Stitch start dying - leaving him as the prime suspect. Vowing to find out who’s behind the assassins on his tail, he must dodge acid-laden syringes and hails of bullets.

Philomena “Manny” Manfreda is a crusading attorney for the disenfranchised. Five years out of law school, with an apartment not much bigger than one of her beloved Prada shoe boxes and a burgeoning reputation as one of the city’s fiercest litigators, Manny is an unabashed shopaholic who changes her hair color weekly, carries her poodle, Mycroft, everywhere, and whose idea of therapy is the preparation of an eight-course Italian meal.

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus face a familiar sociopath in this electrifying new tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman. When LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker reluctantly agrees to do a big favour for old friend Teresa McLaughlin, he knows that his involvement will bring her sociopathic husband, Chris Donatti, back into his life. But then Terry goes missing and Donatti disappears, leaving their 14-year-old son Gabe behind.

A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A series of brutal killings leads a former FBI profiler to confront his haunted past. A man is brutally attacked and then disappears. His wife calls an old flame, Wallace Mack, a former FBI profiler. As Mack looks into the man's disappearance, a brutal set of murders leads him in a whole new direction. As Mack races to prevent even more killings, he must face the fact that he might still be in love with he woman whose husband he's trying to find. "Ames is a sensation among Kindle readers who love fast-paced thrillers." -bookiio "Nail-biting suspense." -...

How did it all begin? I suppose it would be the day I rescued a new-born baby from a poisonous snake, heard the news of my mother’s death and encountered my first ghost... Veterinary surgeon Clara Benning is young and intelligent, but practically a recluse. Disfigured by a childhood accident, she lives alone and shies away from human contact wherever possible.

COLD JADE is the newest novel in the acclaimed John Rockne series by award-winning and international bestselling author Dan Ames. Once a cop in the well-to-do Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, John Rockne was dismissed from the force after making a tragic mistake that resulted in the brutal murder of a young man. Now working as a private investigator, John is hired by a man whose daughter is missing and he soon discovers the young woman was living a secret life under the name Jade. John quickly realizes the world Jade had entered was a dangerous one filled with thieves, drugs, pimps and ...

Long Distance Murder. Nick Giordano is a renowned neurologist and family man living in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. When he is murdered during a sailboat race, no one sees it coming. Private investigator John Rockne investigates the killing and soon unravels a web of greed and betrayal. A hard-hitting, action-packed story in the bestselling and award-winning John Rockne Mystery Series. "This is the best new private investigator mystery series being written today." -Amazon.com

A DS Glyn Capaldi Mystery. DS Glyn Capaldi is in hospital recuperating from concussion and the after-effects of a car crash. But, worse than that, a young woman is dead. She was the passenger in the car, whom he was bringing in for questioning following a night operation in a remote rural location. Glyn is initially riven with guilt and self-recrimination. Until he starts to question the possibility that it may not have been an accident. But, if not, who had been the target?

Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is shot dead. Peter Diamond, head of the murder squad, soon finds himself sharing an office with the stone wife - until he is ejected. To his extreme annoyance the lump of stone appears to exert a malign influence over him and his investigation.