Medical Thrillers for Adults

A Vow of Compassion by Veronica Black
A mysterious death, an apparent suicide and the disappearance of an abused child from the town hospital lead Sister Joan into one of her most dangerous cases. Finally she and Detective Sergeant Mill set out to trap a dangerous killer, hoping to put an end to the terror stalking this small Cornish town.

A Silent Cradle by Margaret Cuthbert
Rivalry, ambition and treachery confront obstetrician Dr. Rae Duprey, as she fights to safely deliver the babies from an increasing number of complicated pregnancies. Soon she begins to suspect that someone is deliberately harming the unborn infants, but who would do such a thing?

Life Support by Tess Gerritsen
Dr. Toby Harper spends her off-duty hours caring for her Alzheimer-stricken mother in an upscale retirement home. When two other Alzheimer patients die from Mad Cow disease, only Toby is motivated to investigate. What she uncovers soon leads her to fear for her sanity and her life.

And Then You Die by Iris Johansen
Seasoned photo-journalist Bess Grady has seen unspeakable horrors, but is unprepared for the scene she discovers while on a working vacation in rural Mexico - every person in the village lies dead, frozen in the acts of daily life. Soon Bess is on the run from the evil mastermind behind the horrific biological experiment.

Carriers by Patrick Lynch
When a sudden viral outbreak occurs deep in the rain forest, a team of American biological warfare experts is brought in to discover its source. Because this virus feeds on its victims quickly, silently, mercilessly, they find noanswers, only more questions. It is not Ebola, but it s just as deadly and a hundred times more contagious. It is unknown, it is invisible. It is airborne.

The Eleventh Plague by John S. Marr & John Baldwin
A brilliant serial killer with encyclopedic knowledge of toxins and diseases reinvents the ten plagues of the Bible. Virologist Jack Bryne's worldwide computer network, Pro MED, is challenged by the outbreak of these horrors which includes anthrax and killer bees.

Silent Witness by Nigel McCrery
A set of ritual killings in Cambridge s fen country spark the memory of an eerily similar murder thirty years ago and suspicions fall on an unsavory club owner. Dr. Sam Ryan, Home Office pathologist, turns up forensic evidence leading elsewhere, but can s she persuade her colleagues that the killer is still out there?

Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Dr. Tempe Brennan, a forensic anthropologist in Montreal, becomes actively involved in the search for the man or men responsible for the brutal murder and dismemberment of several women.