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Donorby Ken McClure
Birlinn 2011; US$ 1.44The first Dr Stephen Dunbar thriller. When seven-year-old Amanda Chapman is admitted to hospital with acute renal failure, her parents are in despair. Their hope is renewed when Amanda is accepted for treatment in a pioneering, state-of-the-art dialysis unit in an exclusive private hospital in Glasgow, but behind the lavish hospital corridors, private rooms and friendly staff lies something much more sinister. Dr Dunbar goes undercover to find out in the first of Ken McClure's gripping thrillers featuring the ex-Special Forces medic. more...
Wildcardby Ken McClure
Birlinn 2011; US$ 2.90The third Dr Stephen Dunbar thriller. When a traveller dies on a flight back to London from Africa, Ebola virus seems to be the reason. However, other victims in the UK are dying of the same illness and there seems to be no link. As politicians equivocate and scientists attempt to find a cause, Dr Steven Dunbar begins to question his own belief in medicine. more...
White Deathby Ken McClure
Birlinn 2011; US$ 2.90'Provides real chills as a major health conspiracy is uncovered’ - The Big Issue 'Chilling and believable’ - Big Beat From Badsville The seventh Dr Stephen Dunbar thriller. The Governments of the world know a terrorist biological attack will happen sooner rather than later. Vaccination is the only solution, but designing and producing vaccines has never been harder due to stringent trials, rules and regulations and huge settlements in an increasingly litigious society. There is no such thing as a ‘completely safe vaccine’ but necessity soon begins to outweigh caution and corners are cut, blind eyes turned and scientists given free rein with the new science of molecular biology. The only outcome can be disaster.... more...
Dust to Dustby Ken McClure
Birlinn 2011; US$ 2.90The eighth Dr Stephen Dunbar thriller. John Motram, a cell biologist at Newcastle University, firmly believes that Black Death was not caused by bubonic plague but by an unknown virus. He is excited when Oxford University informs him that there might be preserved bodies of Black Death victims hidden under Dryburgh Abbey. Motram launches an excavation but it comes to a disastrous end when he apparently loses his mind after entering the secret tomb. Dr Steven Dunbar is sent to investigate -- fearing that a new killer virus has been let loose. more...
Hypocrite's Isleby Ken McClure
Birlinn 2011; US$ 4.36The most frightening thing is that research scientist McClure makes it utterly believable' -- The Scotsman Dr Frank Simmons works in the University of Edinburgh's medical school. One of his PhD students, brilliant loner Gavin, announces his intention to find a cure for cancer and actually makes a major breakthrough. Oddly, no one seems to be interested and a picture emerges of a cancer research industry caught in a desperate paradox: it can only justify its existence by not curing cancer. Disinterest soon turns to open warfare as pressure is put on Simmons and Gavin's work is sabotaged. A truly compelling story with superb dialogue and thought-provoking ideas. more...
Life Supportby Tess Gerritsen
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 7.99New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen weaves authenticity into another novel of searing medical suspense, as a dedicated woman doctor probes into the cause of a mystifying and lethal outbreak. The quiet overnight shift at Springer Hospital ER suits Dr. Toby Harper just fine -- until she admits a man in critical condition from a possible viral infection of the brain. The delirious man barely responds to treatment -- and then disappears without a trace. Before Toby can find him, a second case occurs, revealing a terrifying fact: the virus can only be spread through direct tissue exchange. Following a trail of death that winds from a pregnant sixteen-year-old prostitute to her own home, Toby discovers the unthinkable: the epidemic... more...
The 5th Horsemanby James Patterson; Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown 2006; US$ 9.99It is a wild race against time as Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the newest member of the Women's Murder Club, attorney Yuki Castellano, lead an investigation into a string of mysterious patient deaths--and reveal a hospital administration determined to shield its reputation at all costs. And while the hospital wages an explosive court battle that grips the entire nation, the Women's Murder Club hunts for a merciless killer among its esteemed medical staff. The newest addition to the top selling new mystery series takes the Women's Murder Club to the most terrifying heights of suspense they have yet to encounter. THE 5TH HORSEMAN proves once again that James Patterson is "the page-turningest author in the game right now " (San Francisco Chronicle). more...
Bare Bonesby Kathy Reichs
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 7.99From number one internationally bestselling author Kathy Reichs comes a masterful new novel of cutting-edge forensics and gripping suspense. It's a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, looks forward to her first vacation in years. A romantic vacation. She's almost out the door when the bones start appearing. A newborn's charred remains turn up in a woodstove. The mother, Tamela Banks, hardly more than a child herself, has disappeared. Did she kill her infant, or is an innocent teenager also about to become a victim? A small plane crashes in a North Carolina cornfield on a sunny afternoon. Both pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition.... more...
And One to Grow Onby David R. Pepper; Elizabeth Neff Walker
Belgrave House 2000; US$ 5.00Seven year old Megan Malone is diagnosed with leukemia. Her nurse mother, teacher father, and ten year old brother are drawn along with her into the world of hospitals, doctors, chemotherapy and conflicting medical opinions. The Malones are not always certain who has their child's best interests at heart, or indeed how they can best help their beloved child. Medical Fiction by David R. Pepper, M.D., and Elizabeth Neff Walker more...
The Healing Touchby Elizabeth Neff Walker
Belgrave House 1994; US$ 5.00Rachel Weis and Jerry Stoner had been friends for years. When she became the hospitalÂ?s medical ethicist, she relied on JerryÂ?s professional skills and humane support. But as their relationship became more personal she warned him, Â?IÂ?m not interested in sex.Â? What was a psychiatrist to make of that? Women's Fiction by Elizabeth Neff Walker 2nd of the Fielding Medical Center Quartet more...









