Medical Crime Thrillers

George est radiologue, spécialité qu'il a choisie car il n'aime pas particulièrement le contact avec ses patients. Il a contribué à la création de l'iDoc, un smartphone qui permet d'ausculter en direct le patient, 24 heures sur 24, et de lui délivrer diagnostics et ordonnances. Un petit bijou, qui permettrait de réduire les coûts de santé aux USA de façon spectaculaire. Mais c'est trop beau pour être vrai. Quand, après sa petite amie, c'est son meilleur ami qui meurt sans raison, il se pose des questions.

It was spring in the Midwest and the perfect storm was brewing. A scientist of considerable renown, Dr. James Conroy, Jr., was leading a grassroots movement to improve access to medical treatment in the United States. At the same time, a group known as the Crusaders for Common Sense was rallying around the cry, “Stop Playing God with Medicine.” Claiming that medical science merely maintained the body while the soul rotted from within, they stood opposed to Conroy—violently opposed. Like most residents of St. Louis, Missouri, Sam “Doc” Price and Nicole Veles watched in horror as ...

Thomas Steinmann ist ein Mann, auf den man sich zu einhundert Prozent verlassen kann. Als Oberbrandmeister der Städtischen Feuerwehr steht er mit beiden Beinen fest im Leben und ist bei allen beliebt. Mit seiner Frau Sarah und seinem Sohn Daniel wohnt er in einem kleinen Haus am Rande von Dresden. Alles läuft super, doch dann schlägt das Schicksal grausam zu. Das Corona-Virus breitet sich rasend schnell aus und aufgrund seiner Vorerkrankungen, stirbt der kleine Daniel daran.

In Boston wird die Leiche eines Tierpräparators gefunden - ausgeweidet wie eines seiner Beutetiere. Es scheint eine mysteriöse Verbindung zu einem Jahre zurückliegenden Vorfall in Afrika zu geben, wo die Teilnehmer einer Safari auf ungeklärte Weise verschwanden. Jane Rizzoli reist nach Botswana, um dem heimtückischen Mörder auf die Spur zu kommen

Reich unterdrückt arm. In Saint-Tropez beobachtet ein Passant, wie ein Clochard brutal zusammengeschlagen wird. Wenig später wird ein Zweiter ermordet aufgefunden. Wer hat es auf die hilflosen Bettler abgesehen? Gibt es etwa einen politischen Hintergrund? Commissaire Lucie Girard gerät innerhalb der Polizei massiv unter Druck. Sie folgt ihrem Gewissen und ermittelt in Kreisen, die ihr äußerst gefährlich werden können.

A patient in the intensive care unit, for no apparent reason, begins shooting and kills a nurse and a doctor who are caring for him. Gunfire is exchanged between the patient and a security guard, and they both die. Why did this happen? Where did the patient get the gun?

It's been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she's wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: nice flat, steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven - free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja's boss - kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can't seem to be able to refuse.

Es ist nicht die Frage, ob es passiert, sondern wann... Der größte Horror wird Realität - ein tödlicher Anschlag auf eine deutsche Großstadt. Unter den zahllosen Opfern ist auch Ben, der Sohn des Ex-Kommissars Lennard Pauly. Bei einem Überwachungsauftrag stößt der Privatdetektiv auf Informationen, die ihn an der offiziellen Aufklärung des Attentats zweifeln lassen. Während das ganze Land von einem Feuer aus Hass und Gewalt verzehrt wird, sucht er nach der Wahrheit. Ist es möglich, dass die, die jetzt vom Zorn über den Anschlag profitieren, die eigentlichen Drahtzieher sind?

Una serie de muertes tiene lugar en una Residencia de Ancianos. Los fallecidos son todos enfermos crónicos que han llegado al final de la última etapa de su enfermedad. A nadie llaman la atención estas muertes excepto a Pedro Fernández, un anciano que acaba de ingresar como residente y cuyo pasado como inspector de policía le hace ver más allá de los hechos. La inagotable búsqueda de pistas para esclarecer las muertes «sospechosas» se alterna con escenas cotidianas de la vida de la residencia donde el amor.

What if a single strain of bacteria were responsible for over 300 diseases affecting Americans today, including: Multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's, and chronic fatigue syndrome? And what if the federal government were responsible for the outbreak of these bacteria? Connecticut State Police Detective Taylor Marshall is contending with an all-boys' club at work. When she is assigned a homicide case involving a retired government scientist she is determined to solve it..

Die begabte Medizinwissenschaftlerin Emma Watson forscht auf einer Weltraumstation und entdeckt seltsame Zellen im All...

Jim was born into opulence, power, and money. Despite that, at the age of 12, he fell in love with a 10-year-old poor girl from the wrong side of town, Jennifer. When Jennifer turned 18, the two married in the park under the tree where they had first met. It was a storybook love affair. Years later, his beloved was stricken with cancer and given six months to live. Jim’s money could not save her; he resigned himself to her death and planned his own. Her agony continued for two more years, with Jim by her side to attend to her every need.

Dr. Harry Previn, the renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, is secretly called in to operate on the disfigured face of the ravishingly beautiful teen pop star Fay Wray following an assault. Surrounded by image makers who value beauty over all else, he soon fears Fay is in mortal danger. Will he risk everything to save her beauty, her life, or himself? Plastic is a novel of psychological suspense about a heinous crime that leads to a desperate Hollywood cover-up.

Il corpo carbonizzato di un poliziotto - sottoposto a inchiesta all'interno del dipartimento - viene trovato nella sua auto, sul litorale di Southend, nell'Essex. Una ragazza fragile, abbandonata anche dai servizi sociali, cerca di scoprire la verità sulla morte improvvisa della sua migliore amica. Il sergente Frank Pearson e l'agente Cat Russell della squadra di polizia investigativa dell'Essex hanno l'incarico di risolvere il mistero che circonda la morte del loro collega, ma subiscono la forte pressione di chi non vuole danneggiare la reputazione del dipartimento.

Forensic physician Dr Anya Crichton is presented with a patient who has returned from her honeymoon with multiple sexually transmitted infections. Her husband has none of them. She tearfully denies having had any other partners and Anya believes her. Is this a medical phenomenon or has something more sinister taken place? Anya’s investigations into the case leads to a ground breaking study that attracts international attention.

In Boston wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden - in der offenen Handfläche liegen ihre Augäpfel. Die Verstümmelung geschah post mortem, wie bei der Obduktion eindeutig festgestellt wird. Doch die genaue Todesursache bleibt unklar. Kurze Zeit später taucht die Leiche eines Mannes auf - Pfeile ragen aus seinem Brustkorb, die ebenfalls erst nach seinem Tod dort platziert wurden. Beide wurden Opfer desselben Täters, ansonsten scheint es keine Verbindung zwischen ihnen zu geben.

Dr. Jack Norris arrives at work one day to find out his best friend, Dr. John Connor, was gunned down by a patient gone mad. While helping the police uncover the reason for this calamity, Jack uncovers a ring of mass murders who will stop at nothing to become rich and famous, even if it means killing innocent lives.

Faith Greene decides to have her breasts enlarged with silicone implants. It is a mistake she will not live to regret. On December 10, 1990, popular TV host, Connie Chung, interviews several women with severe, debilitating diseases they claim are the direct result of silicone breast implants. Two medical experts on the panel confirm their claims. Shortly after the program airs, the lawsuits begin. First as a trickle, and then as a torrent. And then the brutal murders begin.

In the follow-up to KIDNAP.org, Robin and her gang take on an unscrupulous pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Neil Preston, who lives on a fortress-like estate and is a big fan of Josef Stalin. As their plan for making Preston change his dishonest ways develops, Robin runs into an old lover. Seeing Darin again makes her question her future. Should she leave crime-fighting behind and try to return to normal life?

Forensic pathologist Adelaide Paige has the picture-perfect life. She has the perfect fiancé, the perfect job, and the perfect house. Life should be bliss. When a gruesome double murder of a mother and child hits close to home, Addy rethinks her decision to start a family. Killian has always dreamed of becoming a father. But when he discovers that the love of his life may die giving birth, he doesn't know what to do. In the emotional final episode of the Adelaide Paige Saga, will Addy and Killian finally have their happy ever after? Or is Addy's life doomed to end on a cliffhanger.