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Eine Klinik, in der nichts ist wie es scheint... Der fesselnde Psycho-Thriller über eine Frau, die um ihr Leben und um die Wahrheit kämpft. In einem renommierten Reha- und Trauma-Zentrum suchen Leah und ihr Mann Maik nach einem traumatischen Einbruch Zuflucht. Während Leah unverletzt blieb, wurde Maik angeschossen und schwebt in Lebensgefahr. Doch in dem Zentrum geschehen seltsame Dinge, und Leah spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Sie fühlt sich in ihrem Verdacht bestätigt, als Maik sich plötzlich verändert und Leah den Zugang zu ihm zu verlieren droht.

Reunited again, Jon, Brooke, and Lucas head to the Los Muertos camp, 80 miles southeast of New Atlanta. Brooke is distraught, still processing her time as a prisoner in the camp, and the reappearance of her husband. With Peter now dead, Brooke must decide whether to face her son with the news. But other decisions loom, as she and Jon have to choose whether to stay with Los Muertos under the threat of another attack from New Atlanta, or head back out on the highways to face the dangers of the world and try to find peace somewhere.

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.

Zahra Kane is a brilliant and daring archaeologist. The former British Army Intelligence linguist has used her fluency in a laundry list of languages, as well as her combat training, to succeed at the highest level. The intrepid adventurer isn't afraid to get her hands dirty or blow past the point of no return to obtain her prize. Late one night, she receives a frantic phone call from her estranged brother, an Egyptologist who's been tasked with examining a newly discovered tomb and the prize it contains: the original Book of the Dead-a scroll made of human skin and penned in human blood.

Smart, gripping, and bristling with tension, The Candidate Coroner is the third explosive installment in the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries. With its sharp forensic detail, complex characters, and emotional stakes, this is a murder mystery for listeners who crave both heart and grit.

A cure for aging is all the rage these days, with scientists only a few decades away from extending life to 150 years or more. So when Dr. Ben Peterson is offered twenty million dollars to develop the so-called Body Fortress Drug—a cure for all disease—he was surprised as anyone when he actually did it! However, along the way, he also developed the opposite, a drug that leaves the body susceptible to ALL diseases . . . the perfect biological weapon.

Ein alt bekannter Serienmörder schlägt zurück und sucht gierig sein nächstes Opfer... Stille ist eingekehrt im nächtlichen New York, der Central Park ruht unter einer dicken Schneeschicht – eine Szenerie, wie sie idyllischer kaum sein könnte. Wäre da nicht die Frauenleiche, die in eben diesem Park an einem eingefrorenen Brunnen lehnt. Die Handschrift der Tat ist unverkennbar: Serienmörder Temple Brooks Gault hat wieder zugeschlagen. Er wird noch weiter morden, doch bald wird klar, dass er es eigentlich nur auf ein Opfer abgesehen hat: Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta.

When renowned psychiatrist Dr. Justin Wright takes on Frank Devlin as a patient, he quickly discovers Frank’s mind is unlike anything he’s encountered before. Determined to help, Justin plunges into Frank’s psyche, unaware that he’s opened the door to something far darker than he ever imagined. What begins as a desperate attempt to heal a broken mind spirals into a nightmare of manipulation, deceit, and tragedy, for Justin and his family.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta ermittelt gegen ein mörderisches Phantom und bringt sich selbst in große Gefahr... Kann Scarpetta das Phantom fangen oder fängt das Phantom Scarpetta? Ein spannender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Unter großem öffentlichem Protest wird der Schwarze Ronnie Joe Waddell in Virginia auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet. Wenig später bekommt es die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta mit einem grausamen Mord an einem Dreizehnjährigen zu tun, den eigentlich nur Waddell begangen haben kann - nach seiner Obduktion.

A race against time to bring the cure for a deadly virus to a dying spouse. Although the Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the world, Dr. Mark Spencer’s small town in Northern Ontario is largely unaffected, other than being in lockdown and preparing for the potential onslaught. When his wife, Sarah—already attending a conference in Florida when the borders close—becomes deathly ill, she is admitted to a local hospital with minimal resources to treat Covid patients.

When a student in Professor Brad Parker's lab at the Maine Translational Research Institute in Wells is wrongfully accused of sharing answers on an exam, he tries to help. Only to encounter a series of unexpected obstacles. Burglary. Bribery. A suspicious suicide. And then the professor who accused the students of cheating is killed. Leaving Brad and his fiancée, FBI Agent Karen Richmond, desperately trying to understand what's going on behind the scenes.

Tanna Christensen spent countless hours planning for her first gross anatomy dissection, but nothing could have prepared her for what she’s found. Beneath her scalpel lies a cadaver riddled with disturbing genetic abnormalities—evidence pointing to an unthinkable crime.

Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood. Down-on-his-luck true crime author Theo Hazel is convinced that there's more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. His first surprise comes when Rose reveals that the victim was not a stranger to her.

Nothing is as dangerous as a government agency scorned. When Dr. Meiling Chen-Adams is threatened with prison for practicing without a license and accused of killing people in Africa with her monoclonal antibodies, she finds herself in the crosshairs of a high-stakes political battle.

Anthony is not the man everyone believes him to be. And Emelia is not the woman he wants her to be. Theirs was a whirlwind romance, Anthony was the doting boyfriend, the charismatic and successful career man who swept her off her feet. But now Emelia is trapped in a marriage of dark secrets and obsession. She is no more than something Anthony wants to 'fix', one of his pet projects. Emelia has no escape from the life that Anthony insists on controlling, so she shares her story through the only means she can – her blog. Yet Anthony can never find out.

Wie fühlt es sich an, ein Experiment zu sein? Alice hofft auf ein normales Leben: Liebe, Freunde, Arbeit. Doch ihre Eltern wollen sie für immer in die Anstalt stecken. Eine berüchtigte Psychiatrie, versteckt unter der Zentrale eines Pharmakonzerns. In letzter Sekunde flieht Alice aus der elterlichen Villa im bayerischen Grünwald, trampt Richtung Norden und taucht in Hamburg unter. Aber die Hetzjagd auf sie hat längst begonnen. Angeführt von Viktor, dem brutalen Söldner, der für die Anstalt die Drecksarbeit erledigt. Denn Alice ist mehr als eine normale junge Frau.

Brain surgeon and unlikely war hero, Ryan Brenan, has it all. A booming practice, a beautiful home in an idyllic setting, and a happy loving family. Then, the apparitions begin.

Cheyenne must overcome her mistrust of the army ranger who says he is trying to save her life in order to help him, to live, to stay alive herself, and hope for a future. As she lays dying, she wonders what might have been had she trusted Scott. Scott must stop the family who is bent on deconstructing the country with a bioweapon and find a way back to Cheyenne before she dies.

Weil die Wahrheit spitze Dornen haben kann: "Die Zerrissenen", der dritte Band der Thriller-Trilogie von Stephanie Fey. Mit stiller Verzweiflung – oder eiskaltem Kalkül... Eigentlich soll die Rechtsmedizinerin Carina Kyreleis die Polizei bei den Ermittlungen um eine Serie von Grabschändungen unterstützen, doch dann entwickelt eine Routineuntersuchung eine erschreckende Dynamik: Carina begutachtet die Leiche eines Strafgefangenen, der sich angeblich selbst erhängt hat – und erkennt Ungereimtheiten, die sie an ein lang zurückliegendes, blutrotes Kapitel der deutschen Geschichte erinnern.

Bullied, overlooked and under-appreciated, Lissa McColl learns at an early age to do very bad things. As a nurse, she is respected and valued for the first time in her life. But Lissa hates her job and the selfish, rude and inconsiderate people she has to deal with. But being underestimated in this job had its advantages. Lissa can get close to people, find out their secrets… sometimes with deadly results.