Medical Psychological Thriller

WAS IST SCHON NORMAL? Patrizia Fischers bipolare Welt gerät erneut aus den Fugen, als ihre Mutter ausgerechnet den Mann heiraten will, der sie jahrelang missbrauchte. Wieder setzt sie ihre Medikamente ab, steigt in die Achterbahn der Gefühle und ist PSYCHO-PAT, die Rachegöttin. Mit ihrem Bruder Alex crasht sie die Hochzeitsparty im ehrenwerten Haus der Familie Fischer und trifft Patrick. Mit ihm begann alles. Mit ihm wird es enden. Findet Pat den ersehnten Frieden oder stürzt sie für immer in die dunklen Abgründe ihrer zerrissenen Seele?

A secret wedding, a disaster at sea, a woman locked away with only her memories…. Ginny Cawley fell in love with Spencer Hayes beneath the light of the silver moon. When he travels to the Caribbean one last time before taking over his father’s successful shipping company, his ship disappears, leaving Ginny alone and carrying his child. Believing Spencer to be dead, Ginny’s parents insist she wed again for the sake of her child. There is no proof of Ginny’s secret marriage, no way to show the legitimacy of her child. Ginny is left with little choice but to do as her parents wish, ...

Dan Greenberg was a promising medical student who was derailed by Catherine - a bizarre, schizophrenic patient whose delusions about patients in danger at hospitals all around Chicago were startlingly specific. Drawn by both curiosity and compassion, Dan investigates, discovering that they were exactly where Catherine said they would be. Who are these people? Why are they in danger? Are they connected with each other? He will learn just how far powerful people will go to stay in control, and the high price of the truth.

Four months ago Becca Pendle's husband disappeared. So did 14-year-old Kayleigh Jackson. Just a coincidence? Becca wants to believe so...but as the police start to draw parallels between Chris and Kayleigh, it's getting harder for her to trust his innocence. Faced with an angry town that believes Chris has abducted the teenager, Becca is desperate to get to the truth.

When Jill Lassiter's young daughter disappears from a playground, only to return after 40 frantic minutes, her relief is short-lived, as there's a tiny puncture mark on Sophia's arm. Jill accepts she'll never know what happened, but at least her child is safe. Except Sophia isn't. Someone is watching the Lassiter home. Three months after the incident at the park, Sophia disappears again, and Jill discovers that someone doesn't just want Sophia - they want to destroy the entire family.

Mike Banner heard the words that no parent wants to hear. His son is dead. Tommy was only six years old when his life ended tragically. Attacked while playing with his friends on the playground at school. His neck torn open and eaten. But Mike didn't believe it. He couldn't believe it. And when he saw his son's body move in the morgue and no one believed him, he had no choice but to get Tommy out of there before he was buried alive. Now, on his own, with the police on his trail, Mike needs to keep Tommy safe while trying to nurse his son back to health. But Tommy isn’t acting like his ...

Emily Jacobs, a nurse, is in hospital for a minor operation. When she wakes in the night, woozy with anaesthetic, she sees the doctor trying to resuscitate the woman in the bed next to her. In the morning, she is told that she must have had a nightmare. The bed has been empty all along.... When Emily returns to work, she discovers a bracelet that she believes belonged to the missing woman. Soon, she becomes convinced that her colleagues are hiding a terrible secret. What if she's wrong? What if her own troubled past has affected her more than she knows? But what if she's right?

How do you mend a broken heart? It's been three months since Alison Miller-Juul's world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, died in an accident. Three months of sympathy cards, grief counselling and gritting her teeth, but it's still only the vodka and pills that seem to help. Across town, Iselin Berg's life is finally looking up. Her seven-year-old daughter, Kaia, has survived a life-changing operation. After years of doctors, medication and hope, they can now start thinking about the future.

When Laura wakes up after her office Christmas party and sees a man’s shirt on the floor, she is horrified. But this is no ordinary one-night-stand regret. Laura suffers from severe face blindness, a condition that means she is completely unable to identify and remember faces. So the man she spent all night dancing with and kissing - the man she thought she’d brought home - was ‘Pink Shirt’. But the shirt on her floor is blue. And now Laura must go to work every day and face the man who took advantage of her condition.

Every morning, psychiatrist Sam James gets up at 6.45. She has a shower, drinks a cup of coffee, then puts on her makeup. She ignores the empty bottles by her door. On this particular morning, Sam is informed of a new patient's arrival at Manhattan's most notorious institution. Reputed to be deranged and dangerous, Richard is just the kind of impossible case Sam has built her reputation on. She is certain that she is the right doctor to treat him. But then Sam meets Richard. And Richard seems totally sane.

Kate used to be good at recognising people. So good, she worked for the police, identifying criminals in crowds of thousands. But six months ago, a devastating car accident led to a brain injury. Now the woman who never forgot a face can barely recognise herself in the mirror. At least she has Rob. Young, rich, handsome and successful, Rob runs a tech company on the idyllic Cornish coast. Kate met him just after her accident, and he nursed her back to health. Until one day, she looks at Rob anew.

In Higgins' acclaimed bestseller Dark Justice, intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues in Britain and the United States beat back a terrible enemy, but at an equally terrible cost. One of them was shot, another run down in the street. Both were expected to survive - but only one of them does.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Mine by Susi Fox, read by Ainslie McGlynn. You wake up alone after an emergency caesarean, desperate to see your child. But when you are shown the small infant, a terrible thought seizes you: this baby is not mine. No-one believes you. Not the nurses, your father or even your own husband. They say you're confused. Dangerous. But you're a doctor - you know how easily mistakes can be made. Or even deliberate ones. Everyone is against you; do you trust your instincts?

A cat-and-mouse game of therapy takes Lily down the backstreets of her traumatic past.... Peeling the layers could drag her into perilous territory. Will she find a way out from the depths of her mind? Professionally thriving yet personally floundering, it’s clear that Lily's mid-30s mark a point where seeking help is essential. The chance arises when an impromptu arrangement begins to carve a path away from stubborn memories. Forget walking the walk, the question is, can Lily talk the talk?

I cannot go on like this. I feel such a burden to you. You are young and can start again. You deserve that chance. By the time you read this, I will be dead. Do not grieve for me, for I am now without pain. Yours truly forever, Monica. Monica suffers from chronic neuropathic pain. Every second of her life is spent in agony, and she is coping with it the best she can. However, there are whole years of her life which are a blur to her. But when she finds a suicide note, written in her handwriting, she begins to question everything.

Tre racconti di Italo Svevo: L’assassinio di Via Belpoggio, pub-blicato nel 1890 sotto lo pseudonimo di Ettore Somigli; Vino ge-neroso, pubblicato nel 1925 e Lo specifico del dottor Menghi, pubblicato dopo la morte dell’Autore. Musica di Kevin Mac Leod.

Natalie King has been hired to do a psychiatric evaluation for the children’s court. A simple custody dispute. But nothing is ever simple. Malik claims his ex-wife, Jenna, is crazy and compulsive; Jenna claims Malik has been abusing their daughter, Chelsea. But what if all the claims are true? Or none? How can Natalie protect the child? And with both parents saying they’re desperate to keep their daughter safe - what if one of them is desperate enough to kill?