Acceptable Risk

Spies & Political Thrillers

Author: Robin Cook

From the roots of an ancient witchcraft … a new terror to destroy.With billions of dollars at stake, every scientist in America is fighting to discover the next Prozac, the latest ‘feel good’ drug.Edward Armstrong believes he has hit the jackpot. He has isolated a stunningly effective anti-depressant from a bacterial mould first uncovered over two hundred years ago.But t….Read More

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Flashback

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Mortal Fear

By day, Harper Cole trades commodities from his farmhouse in the isolated Mississippi Delta. But at night, Harper serves as system operator for E.R.O.S., a highly exclusive, sexually explicit on-line… Continue Reading Posted in: Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store), Serial Killers

Forty Stories

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Extreme Measures: A Thriller

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Chromosome 6

A thriller from the author of CONTAGION in which an American forensic pathologists investigation into the murder of a notorious underworld figure, leads him to the jungles of equatorial Africa.… Continue Reading Posted in: Medical Fiction (Books), Medical Fiction (Kindle Store)

The Western Canon

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The First Patient

From the blockbuster, New York Times bestselling author comes a high-concept, high-octane thriller at the crossroads of presidential politics and cutting-edge medicine. . . .Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were… Continue Reading

The Moonlit Cage

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Godplayer

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Second Child

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Harmful Intent

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Outbreak

Dr Marissa Blumenthal is a recently qualified member of Atlanta's renowned Centre for Disease Control, yet to put her skills to the test in the field.But when a mysterious viral… Continue Reading Posted in: Clinics, English Fiction, Fiction In English 1945 Anthologies, Medical Fiction

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