Medical Crime Mystery

Two blood-spattered strangers awake, locked in the trunk of a car - with a murdered cop and the smoking gun. Aside from raging headaches and no idea what's happened, they appear to have nothing in common. Troy thinks it's 2001 and he's still a combat surgeon fighting terrorists in Afghanistan. Emmy believes it's 2002 and she's still grifting a living from the streets of L.A.

They were doctors. They were community leaders. They were the family next door. When we think of threats, we picture shadowy figures lurking in the dark. But the most terrifying predators are often the ones we invite into our homes, trust with our health, and see every day. This chilling collection explores twenty deeply researched cases of individuals who used a veneer of extreme normalcy, professional prestige, or suburban charm to mask unimaginable darkness. These are the manipulators who weaponized society's trust to evade detection—sometimes for decades. Delve into the psychological ...

When a top secret program of implanting harrowing memories into innocent people comes to light, neurosurgeon Tom McCarthy is literally caught in the crossfire. While McCarthy looks forward to a three day weekend, his office is suddenly raided by two Department of Defense investigators bent on arresting him for a crime he didn’t commit.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LIED? The first lie: MONSTERS DON’T EXIST. When the body of a man is discovered in the Boston Common, Martina finds herself entering a horrific nightmare. She discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of ancient methods of persecution being carried out by a Puritan-indoctrinated serial killer who believes the devil walks among us. The second lie: YOU WOULD KNOW A MONSTER IF YOU SAW ONE. After the first victim is dismissed as gang-related, Martina fears there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her instincts are soon proven correct when another...

After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida's newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he'd been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell's rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile "bubble" in the remote Arizona desert.

DIAGNOSIS GREED A Gripping Medical Thriller for Fans of John Grisham, Michael Connelly, and Robin Cook What if the place meant to heal you… was the most dangerous place of all? When a respected clinic administrator is gunned down outside her home, what looks like a local tragedy quickly spirals into a national investigation. Federal agent Joe Vanderpool has seen fraud before—but not like this. Behind a façade of white lab coats and clean waiting rooms lies a massive healthcare conspiracy built on forged records, fake patients, and silenced whistleblowers. And someone will do anything ...

A small-town cowboy romance filled with heat, heart, and hard-won love. Francina Brown came to Sunset Springs, Texas, for a wedding and the holidays—not to fall for a cowboy with a dangerous smile and a habit of saying exactly what she’s trying not to hear. Travis Garland came home to Texas to rebuild his life, take a job at Stanley Ranch, and finally put distance between himself and the Windgate name—a family legacy rooted in cruelty, entitlement, and violence. Love wasn’t part of the plan. Then Francina walked into the ranch kitchen. She’s brilliant, guarded, and heading back to...

A 2026 Audie Awards Finalist! This thrilling full-cast recording features Reese Witherspoon as Maggie and Chris Pine as Marc, supported by Saskia Maarleveld, Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and James Fouhey. AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable...

She saves lives with steady hands. He takes them with deadly precision. In the war-torn jungles of Corazón, Dr. Lauren Valentino runs a field hospital under siege—treating the wounded, protecting the innocent, and risking everything to hold the line. Knowing the danger is getting critical, Lauren’s family sends Citadel Solutions security expert Logan Kane to get her out. One doctor should be no problem for a battled-hardened Marine who specializes in impossible missions—even when the mission doesn’t want to be rescued and a hurricane is closing in. They clash instantly. The heat ...

In her most masterful novel of medical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen creates a villain of unforgettable evil--and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again. He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping...

Brad Parker and Karen Richmond Book 3 What can go wrong when a scientist’s career hinges on the results of a clinical trial? When Professor Brad Parker is asked to serve as interim director of the Maine Translational Research Institute, he thinks he’ll have nothing more on his hands than a messy dispute between two faculty members. But what awaits him is far worse. Rather than an ordinary academic conflict, Brad finds himself dealing with sabotage, blackmail, and the mysterious deaths of patients in a clinical trial. As Brad and his partner—FBI agent Karen Richmond—race to unravel a...

When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “...

The New York Times Bestseller and inspiration for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Scarpetta—starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis! In this relaunch of the electrifying, landmark #1 bestselling thriller series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta hunts those responsible for...

For 18 years Jack has been a “transplant tourism director,” sending wealthy Americans and Europeans in need of kidneys and other organs to third-world countries where they would buy them from transplant centers on the take. The death of a client and a newfound relationship lead to a crisis of conscience as he is forced to choose between a $2 million commission - and participating in a murder.

The instant New York Times bestseller that BookTok calls “absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G” (@hollylovesbooks1519) and “impossible to put down” (@kurryreads), from the author of Local Woman Missing and It's Not Her Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has remorse… A terrible accident. Meghan...

From a bestselling author, a "hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring" thriller in which Scarpetta receives a message from beyond the grave…(Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark) Autopsies can reveal the secrets of the dead. And this victim is sending...

When a series of unexplained deaths begins to surface, Dallas homicide detectives Myrna Sontiago and Zeke LaPorte are confronted with a disturbing reality: the victims show no signs of trauma, no toxins, and no obvious cause of death. Autopsies raise more questions than answers, and the absence of evidence feels intentional. As the investigation deepens, the detectives uncover a chilling connection between medicine, trust, and silence. Each death points toward a method so precise —and so easily overlooked—that the truth risks being dismissed entirely.

Someone has died in the doctor’s surgery—and no one knows how they got there. When an unidentified body is discovered behind a locked door in Little Pickton, Judith Spears finds herself once again at the centre of a baffling mystery. With DS Raymond Collins and DC Sarah Eastly struggling to untangle a web of feuding colleagues, bitter family rivalries, and long-buried secrets, Judith does what she does best—asks questions no one else dares to. But this time, the stakes are higher. As tensions rise and another murder looms, Judith must navigate not only a dangerous killer—but an am-...

Dr. Jim Bob Brady, orthopedic surgeon and amateur sleuth, is spending a one-month sabbatical trying to decide whether to remain in his position at University Hospital in Houston, Texas, or move to the Hill Country and work in a more relaxed atmosphere, now that he’s the recipient of a windfall legacy. Scaling back would provide him much more free time to golf and spend time with his wife, Mary Louise, and rest, as his wife so aptly puts it. They are renting a condo on the waters of Lake LBJ while making potentially life-changing decisions. As the sabbatical winds down, Jim Bob comes ...

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.