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For thousands of years, man has searched for the secret of eternal lfe. Dr. David Kennessy thought he had found it--microscopic biomachines that can cure disease. Unfortunately, Dr, Kennessy's invention seems to have become not an agent of life, but an agent of death, destroying his patients from within. Muldur and Scully race to find the truth despite oppostion from from enemies, even within their own agency. Anderson has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the Nebula Award, and the SFX reader's choice award. In addition to his X Files novels, he has also written numerous books in the Star Wars, Dune, and Saga of Seven Suns series.
Antibodies
Anderson, Kevin J.
New York: Harper Prism, 1997.
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Author Baden is a former New York City medical examiner, and forensic pathologist for the State of New York. This is his first novel. Attorney "Manny" Manfreda is hired to represent the family of a body found on a construction site. Chief medical examiner Jake Rosen investigates. Together, Manny and Jake work together on the crime, and find themselves drawn to each other in the process. 232 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". Jacket design by Carole Devine Carson.
Remains Silent
Baden, Michael and Linda Kenney
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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In Thief of Souls, acclaimed author Ann Benson brings us another novel of parallel tales--one in 15th century France, the other in 21st century Los Angeles. In each tale, a serial killer is targeting children. In the 15th century, Guillemette le Drappiere, companion to the Bishop of Nantes investigates; in 2002, L. A. detective Lany Dunbar is being sought by the very suspect she is pursuing. 482 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Royce M. Becker.
Thief of Souls
Benson, Ann
New York: Delacorte Press, 2002.
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When Detective Francis X. Loughlin was new on the police force, a young doctor was murdered and Julian Vega, her apartment manager, was convicted and sent to prison. Twenty years later, Vega is released from prison on a technicality. Another doctor is murdered, and fingers point to Vega again. The DNA test is a shocker--the blood under the new victim's fingernails isn't that of Vega, but of the woman murdered twenty years before. Peter Blauner won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Slow Motion Riot. 391 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design and photograph by Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla.
Slipping into Darkness
Blauner, Peter
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2006.
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Kerry McGrath is sitting in a plastic surgeon's waiting room with her daughter, who was injured in a car accident. Another woman in the room looks familiar, but Kerry can't place her. A week later, in the same place, Krry sees the same face--but on a different woman. She realizes the reason the face is familiar is because it had been plastered all over the media when its owner was murdered a decade before. Why would a plastic surgeon keep putting the same face on different patients? And what is the connection to the murder? 319 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design and Illustration by Paul Bacon.
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
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A Crime Club Book. Anna Clarke is a prolific author of suspense novels. Professor Paula Glenning becomes concerned when a fellow clinic patient seems to be heavily sedated, then is moved to another location. Then Paula's life is threatened. 185 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket by James B. Victore.
The Case of the Paranoid Patient
Clarke, Anna
New York: Doubleday, 1991.
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Staff Nurse Carmichael has been promoted and fallen in love, but the road to love isn't always easy. 180 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2".
Angel of Death
Cohen, Anthea
London: Quartet Crime, 1983.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Otherwise seemingly healthy post-op patients are dying at an alarming rate. Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery sees a pattern in their deaths, and fears that a killer is preying on these patients. As the death toll mounts, Montgomery herself becomes a target. 884 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Thomas Tafuri.
Marker
Cook, Robin
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. While publicly denouncing the use of stem cells, Senator Ashley Butler asks a biotech company to use the technology to cure him of Parkinson's disease. 802 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Thomas Tafuri.
Seizure
Cook, Robin
New York: Doubleday, 2003.
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When surgeon Kim Reggis's daughter falls ill with e coli poisoning after a meal in a fast food restaurant, Riggis is driven frantic by the poor care she receives, which leads to her death. His investigation into the practices of the beef industry and its relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture lead to threats against his own life. 357 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Thomas Tafuri.
Toxin
Cook, Robin
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
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Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta are investigating a series of murders in Florida. What's more disturbing, as there seems to be a connection to a serial killer currently in prison in Massachusetts. 406 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Lisa Amorosa.
Predator
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
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The tide is turned on Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta--she's not the investigator this time, but the one being investigated, accused of murder. 449 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2".
The Last Precinct
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.
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Kay Scarpetta's tenure as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to an end, and she's now a forensic consultant. While working on a case in Louisiana, she's contacted by the evil Jean Baptiste Chandonne, who had relentlessly pursued Scarpetta in a previous book, The Last Precinct. Thought to be safely ensconced on death row, Chardonne escapes from prison and resumes his pursuit of Scarpetta. Then it appears that there's a connection between the Wolfman and the Louisiana case. 465 pp. 9 1/2" 6 1/2". Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Blow Fly
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.
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Massachusetts District Attorney Monique Lamont wants to run for Governor, and in order to build her image in the public eye, she wants her best state crime investigator to crack a 20-year-old unsolved murder. The investigator, Winston Garano, has been trained at the National Forensic Academy, and the DA thinks modern DNA technology will provide the evidence needed. When the DA is attacked in her home, she and Winston find a connection between the attack and the cold case. 212 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 2/4".
At Risk
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006.
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When an arm is found sticking out of the newly poured concret sidewalk near the President of Laos's mansion, the National Coroner, Dr. Siri Paiboun is ordered to remove the arm and find out to whom it belongs. With the results of the autopsy and his skills as a shaman, Dr. Paiboun solves the case. 247 pp. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4".
Disco for the Departed
Cotterill, Colin
New York: Soho, 2006.
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Signed by the author on title page. The staff and former residents of now-closed The Hawthorne House School for the Treatment of Autistic Children gather for a reunion. The shocking death of the school's founder, Dr. Jay Schermerhorn, brings Chicago detectives Emily Folkstone and Ollie Park to investigate. They discover hidden characteristics behind Dr. Schermerhorn's professional facade. 350 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8".
Death of a Thousand Cuts
D'Amato, Barbara
New York: Tom Doherty Associates Books, 2004.
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A Christmas Eve blizzard adds suspense to this tale of deadly viruses and the theft of the only drug known to combat it from the Scottish research lab where it was stored. The lab's security director, former police officer Toni Gallo, is in a race to recover the drug before disaster strikes. 374 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Whiteout
Follett, Ken
New York: E. P. Dutton, 2004.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Third book in the Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series. In The Sinner, one nun is found brutally murdered in a convent chapel, another critically injured nun beside her. Homicide detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Isles work together to track down the killer. 531 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Carl D. Galian.
The Sinner
Gerritsen, Tess
New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
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A seeming madman is attacking women who work at UCLA Medical Center. The suspect is caught and injured in the process. He's brought to the emergency room at UCLA -- where the staff refuse to treat him. Chief of Emergency Services David Spier must deal with personal and professional ethics in determining how to deal with the situation. 388 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan.
Do No Harm
Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew
New York: William Morrow, 2002.
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The author's first novel. Three scientists at the Trudeau Research Center on the Arctic Circle are found dead on the ice. The cause of death is unknown, however, and epidemiologist Jessica Hanley is called in to investigate. A Russian submarine has disappeared in the Norwegian fjords, and retired commander, Admiral Rudenko is sent to locate it. Hanley's and Rudenko's searches will intersect, as they try to solve inexplicable events. Illustrated end papers. 402 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Greg Mollica.
The Trudeau Vector
Jurjevics, Juris
New York: Viking Press, 2005.
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