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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young...

When medical intern Harry Lindmark’s patient gruesomely dies, he fears an Angel of Death is loose in his hospital. Soon, however, Harry falls under suspicion when unexpected deaths mount. His desperate investigation to clear his name reveals a nightmarish conspiracy—hungering souls of those long-dead are killing his patients, led by the vengeful soul of former physician Sylvester Morrow, as heartless in death as he was in life.

There are only three things in this world that are certain: death, taxes, and babies. Nobody knows this truth better than Emily McCoy, a third year resident working in Baby City, the affectionate nickname for the busy Labor and Delivery unit at a New York City hospital. On a typical day in Baby City, Emily delivers more babies than the number of hours of sleep she manages to squeeze in that night. And definitely more than the number of dates she's been on since she started her training in OB/GYN two years earlier.

On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the Inactive Naval Shipyard.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait...

Dr. William Stonehurst has found not just a treatment, but an actual cure for severe PTSD by developing a way to remove the memory of the trauma that caused the PTSD. He then discovers that it is possible to place these removed memories in another person, and it becomes an option for sentencing for repeat violent offenders. Implanting memories of people who suffered the type of violence that the convict perpetrated is thought to reduce recidivism, make them feel real empathy for their victims, and increase the chances of rehabilitation.

The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning. A sixteen-year-old tennis star, fresh from a tournament win Charleston, is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. The body of an abused young boy is dumped in a desolate marsh. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home.

He’s my best friend’s dad. I’ve known him since freshman year. And I’m currently barefoot in his kitchen at 6 AM wearing his shirt. Dr. Dominic Cross. Chief of cardiology. Forty-eight. Salt at the temples, steady hands, and blue-gray eyes that have never once looked at me the way they’re looking at me now. I’m a pastry chef between jobs and apartments. Sadie—his daughter, my best friend—offered me the guest room. Just temporary. A few weeks. Until I’m back on my feet. Then Sadie left for a six-week work trip. And it’s just us. His too-quiet house. My flour on his ...

It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could...

A Surgeon’s Heart: The Conflict, is the story of Dr. Jack Roberts, a pediatric heart surgeon, as he takes on the system of political control and corporate greed that is destroying his profession and threatening his ability to provide life-saving care to his vulnerable patients. The Conflict is the second book in this series, and continues the story of Jack Roberts as he struggles with the evolving American health care system, where corporate profits and government controls threaten to seize the entire medical profession. Jack's son, David, is a brilliant young man who aspires to follow in...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with the remarkable twenty-fourth thriller in her popular high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding...

The Twelfth Dr Kay Scarpetta Novel. Dr Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life...

The vaccine works. The data says it doesn't. Someone made sure of that. Bartholomew Aldridge investigates corporate crime — the kind that happens behind boardroom doors, inside data systems, in the space between what companies say and what they do. When an insurer hires his four-person team to examine a failed clinical trial for a pandemic vaccine, the question seems simple: is the failure real? It isn't. The trial data has been systematically corrupted. A vaccine that could save thousands of lives has been made to look like it doesn't work. Finding the sabotage was the first problem. ...

The Choice is the story of the unrelenting effort of Dr. Jack Roberts to return to the pursuit of his life’s calling as a pediatric heart surgeon. To do so, he must first convince reluctant political powers and giant corporations to support his new, and innovative, patient-centered health care model. Meanwhile, his son, Dr. David Roberts, is embarking on his own journey, as he seeks to join his father in this noble profession. Along the way he finds that the core principles his father taught him are no longer embraced by many of his peers. As the world of health care remains in turmoil, ...

Some monsters are made in laboratories. Some are standing right beside you. FBI Agent Gabi Longoria thought she knew every danger of living in a world filled with superhumans. But nothing prepared her for the terror growing inside her own home. Her partner—and the man she loves—Ian Armory, is losing control, plagued by violent blackouts and terrifying changes he can’t explain. Each episode leaves him less himself, more something else: stronger, wilder, and increasingly unpredictable. Ian believes he could soon become a threat to everyone around him—including Gabi. Desperate for ...

Officer Eden Mercer never backs down. With her loyal K-9 partner Shadow by her side, she patrols the fog-shrouded streets of Nightfall, Oregon—where danger hides in the most unexpected places. When a young woman turns up dead at the base of a hiking trail, what looks like a tragic accident quickly unravels into something far more sinister. The victim had no history of drug use—so why was her blood full of methadone?

Disturbed pre-med student Keely Rexroth is unable to take ‘no’ for an answer when she is denied entry into a prestigious research program. As her ambition curdles into dark mania, she embarks on her own curriculum of twisted experimentation, fighting to keep her secrets from a campus priest who is too perceptive for his own good.

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! In the trauma center of Atlanta’s busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city’s poor, wounded, and unlucky—and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation...

After the deranged lunatic who murdered Sarah Durandt’s husband and son is executed, Sarah returns to her home in the Adirondacks in hopes of achieving some measure of closure. But once there, Sarah is forced to face a nightmarish possibility. The wrong man may have been sent to his death, and the killer of her loved ones may be hunting for a new victim.

Claire Abrams' dreams became a nightmare when she passed on a genetic mutation that killed her little boy. Now she wants a second chance to be a mother, and finds it in Robert Nash, a maverick fertility doctor who works under the radar with Jillian Hendricks, a cunning young scientist bent on making her mark - and seducing her boss.