by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

When a fifth couple falls prey to a serial killer with a penchant for stalking and murdering young lovers parked in their cars, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta attempts to...Read More

Publication Date: Apr 1993

by Robin Cook

As Robin Cook’s roller-coaster of a medical thriller opens, otherwise healthy people are dying shortly after undergoing minor surgery in New York City hospitals. Dr. Laurie Montgomery and Dr. Jack...Read More

Publication Date: Aug 2006

by Robin Cook

A disgruntled Russian cab driver decides that releasing deadly anthrax in New York City is the best way to show his hatred for America. When he teams up with a...Read More

Publication Date: Jan 2000

by Tess Gerritsen

A serial killer is murdering women in an exceedingly grotesque yet precise way that seems to indicate a background in surgery. Dr. Catherine Cordell, a beauty who survived an attack...Read More

Publication Date: Jul 2002

by Richard Preston

In New York City in the late '90s, a 17-year-old girl heads off to her private school even though she has a cold. By art class her nose is gushing...Read More

Publication Date: Aug 1998

by Robin Cook

The corpse of a mob boss disappears from the city morgue before an autopsy can be performed. It is eventually returned, but without its hands, head, feet, and liver. Dr....Read More

Publication Date: Apr 1998

by Patricia D. Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell's intrepid medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is visiting Florida, hoping to get away from the pressures of her job. No such luck: down in the Sunshine State, she...Read More

Publication Date: Sep 2004

by Samuel Shem

Now a classic! The hilarious-'-'novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your-'-'doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns-'-'-- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be.-'-'They came from the...Read More

Publication Date: Jan 2003

by Michael Crichton

When a young woman dies mysteriously on an operating table and her physician is accused of murder, a colleague's investigation takes him from a deadly sex and drug underworld to...Read More

Publication Date: Jul 1994

by Robin Cook

The most controversial thriller ever written about health-care reform in America. 'Riveting...filled with action.' ('San Diego Union-Tribune) 'A hair-raising, cautionary tale.' ('Detroit News')

Publication Date: Feb 1995

by Tess Gerritsen

Former romance author and medical doctor Tess Gerritsen is writing in a new genre: medical suspense. Advertised as her 'first novel,' Harvest jumped onto the New York Times bestseller list...Read More

Publication Date: Aug 1998

by Robin Cook

A deadly epidemic is spreading. The cause: sabotage.Robin Cook delivers a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium as health care giants collide...

Publication Date: Dec 1996

by Tess Gerritsen

Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Bayside Hospital taps her as a potential recruit. But faced with a tormenting life-and-death decision,...Read More

Publication Date: Aug 1997

by Robin Cook

When Dr. Kim Regis takes his young son out for a burger at the local fast-food joint, he has no idea what's in store. He's shocked and devastated when his...Read More

Publication Date: Feb 1999

by Michael Palmer

Dr. Brian Holbrook thinks he can keep his life under control--as long as he continues to prescribe himself high doses of painkillers. But his secret is soon discovered, and he...Read More

Publication Date: Jan 1999

by Michael Palmer

Brilliant neurosurgeon Jessie Copeland is experiencing the greatest success of her career. A high-tech surgical robot called ARTIE (Assisted Robotic Tissue Incision and Extraction) recently saved the life of a...Read More

Publication Date: Jul 2001

by Robin Cook

Murder and intrigue reach epidemic proportions when a devastating plague sweeps the country.

Publication Date: Feb 1988

by Tess Gerritsen

Dr. Claire Elliott and her teenage son Noah have just moved from the big city to Tranquility, Maine, in search of solace after the death of Noah's father. But as...Read More

Publication Date: Aug 1999

by Robin Cook

New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning new novel from the "master of the medical thriller" (New York Times)G''a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an...Read More

Publication Date: Sep 2008

by Michael Palmer

Dr. Sarah Baldwin races to a Boston hospital with a young woman whose normal labor has suddenly become a matter of life and death. As she struggles to save both...Read More

Publication Date: Dec 1994

by Robin Cook

Two doctors place their lives in jeopardy to find out why a young woman died on the operating table-and had her brain secretly removed. 'Absorbing...provocative.' ('Houston Chronicle')

Publication Date: Jan 1982

by Michael Palmer

In his five bestselling novels, from 'The Sisterhood' to 'Natural Causes,' physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic...Read More

Publication Date: Feb 1996

by Michael Palmer

A chilling tale of medical suspense from the bestselling author of Side Effects. Neurosurgeon Zack Iverson must discover why a young boy is reliving every painful moment of his recent...Read More

Publication Date: Feb 1995

by Robin Cook

Publication Date: Dec 1977

by Robin Cook

When an American senator named Ashley Butler is appointed to chair a subcommittee that aims to ban cloning, he sees a chance to defend the American values he holds dear....Read More

Publication Date: Oct 2004

by Ken Follett

Identical twins have been the storyteller's friend since Roman times. Master-scribbler Ken Follett does the arrangement one better in his latest yarn, The Third Twin. The heroine, Jeannie Ferrami, is...Read More

Publication Date: Jun 1997

by Michael Palmer

From The Sisterhood, Michael Palmer's first New York Times bestseller, to The Patient, his ninth, reviewers have proclaimed him a master of medical suspense. Recognized around the world for original,...Read More

Publication Date: Sep 2003

by Robert Ludlum

With an unbroken string of bestsellers dating from the early '70s (beginning with 1971's The Scarlatti Inheritance) and over 200 million books sold, Robert Ludlum is an acknowledged superstar of...Read More

Publication Date: Mar 2001

by Michael Palmer

In the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients. It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of...Read More

Publication Date: Jan 1998

by Robin Cook

His most shocking thriller -- a timely and terrifying glimpse into the dangers of antidepressant drugs.

Publication Date: Feb 1996