Forensic Mysteries

Dr. Matt Newman thought he was leaving his life as a surgeon in private practice for a better one in academic medicine. But the kidnappers who attacked him as he left the hospital at 2 a.m. have no such plans - they just want him dead. Bound and in the trunk of his car, Matt’s only thought is fleeing with his life. He does escape, but at a price: a head injury that lands him in the ICU...where he awakens to discover he’s being charged with murder. Sandra Murray is a fiery, redheaded lawyer who swore she was done with doctors after her last relationship.

Eine Schnitzeljagd um Leben und Tod: Sebastian Fitzek und Michael Tsokos präsentieren einen blutigen, nervenaufreibenden Thriller. Gleich zwei Sprecher, Simon Jäger und David Nathan, sorgen für Abwechslung beim Hören. So wird das Hörbuch zu einer 9 Stunden und 47 Minuten fesselnden Jagd nach der Wahrheit.

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.

Der junge kalifornische Paläontologe Levine ist von der Idee besessen, dass die Dinosaurier gar nicht ausgestorben sind. Und als aus Costa Rica das Auftauchen von ungewöhnlichen Echsen gemeldet wird, besteigt er sofort das nächste Flugzeug, um die Tiere vor Ort zu studieren. Noch ahnt er nicht, dass es sich bei diesen Sauriern nicht um Wesen aus der Kreidezeit handelt, sondern um Überbleibsel einer gezielten Genmanipulation.

Ivy Corva’s first novel makes her the target of online trolls. As the threats get nastier and her address is posted on the internet for all to see, she runs from her old life and moves to San Francisco to work for her friend Shelby.

When Dr. Kate Philo and her exploration team discover what appears to be a seal frozen in an Arctic iceberg, they believe they have made a momentous breakthrough in their research. Kate is part of the Lazarus Project, run by the egocentric genius Erastus Carthage. To date they have brought small creatures like plankton and shrimp "back to life" - for 1/10th of a creature’s natural lifespan. As the underwater excavation begins, Kate and her team realize it is not a seal they have found, but a man.

Eigentlich ist es nur ein einfacher Auftrag als Leibwächter, den Tucker Wayne mit seinem Militärhund Kane von der Sigma Force akzeptiert. Doch der Pharmazeut Bukolow hat weder der Sigma Force noch Wayne die ganze Wahrheit erzählt. Denn er ist der größten medizinischen Entdeckung der Neuzeit auf der Spur. Ein Milliardengeschäft, das zusätzlich noch die Leben von Millionen retten würde. Allerdings lässt sich Bukolows Entdeckung auch als Waffe missbrauchen.

Veterinarian Samantha Lewis and her team are dedicated to providing a sanctuary for unwanted, abused, and abandoned dogs in New York City. But every day it gets harder to operate her no-kill shelter. Sam is already at her breaking point when she learns of an unidentified, dangerous virus spreading through their neighborhood. The medical community can determine only that animals are the carriers.

It's a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu, battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.

Sharon Stevenson is a forensic psychiatrist. Her job is to decide whether a patient is of sound enough mind to stand trial, not whether they did or didn’t commit a crime. But Sharon is also a mother grieving the disappearance of her seventeen-year-old daughter, Maddie, who has never been found. And what if the man sitting before her, who has been charged with the murders of several women, also claimed the life of her sweet girl? It’s time to find out the truth.

Liza Larkin, a recent med-school graduate on the cusp of her pathology internship, isn’t like most people. She would rather study the human brain or pound the heavy bag at the gym than spend time with others, and as an outsider she doesn’t let societal norms confine her. So when a stranger’s picture sends Liza’s schizophrenic mother deeper into psychosis, Liza does a reverse-image search to identify him. Upon discovering he is a trauma surgeon at a Massachusetts teaching hospital, she impulsively changes her pathology residency program of choice to his center.

Disease ecologist Letty Duquesne is barely settled in to her new job when a colleague goes missing in the field. When Letty lands in Alaska's Katmai National Park to take over the investigation, she finds a violent welcome and the case in shambles. No record of the last scientist's work exists. His footsteps at the incident site disappear into nothing. And the polar bears Letty has been sent to find are hunting for human prey a thousand miles from the pack ice where they belong.

Former "It Girl" Janie Jenkins is acerbic, whip smart, and fresh out of prison. Ten years ago, at the height of her glamour and fame, she was incarcerated for the murder of her mother, a philanthropist best known for her string of rich husbands. Now, released on a technicality, Janie chops off her trademark hair, determined to chase down the one lead she has about her mother's killer. The only problem? Janie doesn't know if she's the one she's looking for.

Inside Boston Doctors Hospital, patients are dying. In the glare of the operating room, they survive the surgeon's knife. But in the dark, hollow silence of the night, they die. Suddenly, inexplicably, horribly. A tough, bright doctor will risk his very life for a dedicated young nurse who unknowingly holds the answers.

Captain Dominic Holland leads a crew of skilled covert operatives and talented scientific personnel. He's taken them to all corners of the Earth to protect the United States from biological and chemical warfare. When his CIA handler, Meredith Webb, gives him a mission to investigate a disturbing lead on a laboratory based out of an abandoned oil rig, they discover the most terrifying threat to mankind they've ever faced - a genetically engineered biological weapon called the Oni Agent.

When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua's famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have...melted away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa discovers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an island sacred to the Maori.

On rounds at Mount Misery, it's not always easy for Basch to tell the patients from the doctors: Errol Cabot, the drug cowboy whose practice provides him with guinea pigs for his imaginative prescription cocktails . . . Blair Heiler, the world expert on borderlines (a diagnosis that applies to just about everybody) . . . A. K. Lowell, née Aliyah K. Lowenschteiner, whose Freudian analytic technique is so razor sharp it prohibits her from actually speaking to patients . . . And Schlomo Dove, the loony, outlandish shrink accused of having sex with a beautiful, well-to-do female patient.

A dark and gripping debut psychological thriller with a horrifying premise and a stinging twist. Alex Taylor wakes up tied to an operating table. The man who stands over her isn't a doctor. The choice he forces her to make is utterly unspeakable. But when Alex re-awakens, she's unharmed - and no one believes her horrifying story. Ostracised by her colleagues, her family and her partner, she begins to wonder if she really is losing her mind. And then she meets the next victim.

Politisch hochbrisant. Medizinisch unberechenbar. Ökologisch katastrophal. Der allererste Thriller über eine der gewaltigsten Bedrohungen unserer Zeit: Mikroplastik. Es ist überall. Es ist in uns. Und es ist tödlich. Im Mittelmeer verschwindet ein Frachtschiff mit unbekannter Ladung. Enthüllungen über die Auswirkungen der Plastikkatastrophe erschüttern die Welt. Düstere Geschäfte finden auf höchster politischer Ebene statt. Und zeitgleich kämpft in der Hamburger Uniklinik ein Kind ums Überleben.

Dr. Jacey Flanigan has worked tirelessly to achieve her dream of becoming a pediatric cardiologist. But when she moves to Manhattan to begin her career at a prestigious children's hospital, she discovers that the medical profession may not be what she expected. An encounter with an arrogant heart surgeon on her first day sets the tone for what's to come - a world of enigmatic physician behavior and questionable cardiac surgical practices cloaked in secrecy.