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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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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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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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Signed by the author on the title page.  The author's first novel.  325 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 3/4".
Dangerous Attachments
Lovett, Sarah
New York: Villard Books, 1995.
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The bodies of anti-abortionists are turning up in Washington, DC.  The killer leaves clues on the bodies. leaving no doubt as to why they were killed.  The investigation involves people on both sides of the abortion issue, politicians, and influential doctors.  The author's first novel.  551 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/2".  Jacket illustration by Michael Backus.
The Fourth Procedure
Pottinger, Stanley
New York: Ballantine Books, 1995.
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181 pp.  8 1/2" X 5 1/2".  Jacket design by Michael Chesworth.
Cold Coffin
Quest, Erica
New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1990.
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Large Print Edition.  Eighteenth in the Capital Crimes series.  Ex-CIA agent Max Pauling, turned flying instructor in Albuquerque, also takes on freelance flying jobs.  On this job, he's purportedly just taking medical supplies to Cuba, but his real mission is to investigate the sale of Cuban cancer research to an American pharmaceutical company.  When the head of that company is found murdered, Max becomes the prime suspect.  575 pp.  8 1/2" X 5 3/4".  Jacket design by Kapo Ng.
Murder in Havana
Truman, Margaret
New York: Bookspan Large Print Condition, 2001.
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While preparing an exhibit for a Denver museum, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon and radiologist Max Cavanaugh uncover a secret more than 3,000 years old.  They X-ray the mummy of an Egyptian woman, and learn that she died a violent death--her ribs and the bones in her hands are broken, and a man's skull is is found with her body.  Using modern technology, they unravel the tale of the young woman's life and death.  388 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Amy Halperin.
The Eye of Horus
Thurston, Carol
New York: William Morrow, 2000.
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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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Archaeologist Katharine Sundquist and her son Michael moved to Hawaii so Katharine could study  human development in the lava beds.  But there are more than human remains under the ocean floor.  When Michael is threatened, Katharine takes on the fight of her life.  343 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 3/8".  Jacket illustration by Danilo Ducak.
The Presence
Saul, John
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1997.
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Colorado veterinarian Frannie O'Neill joins forces with FBI agent Kit Harrison to stop a lab of scientists performing DNA grafting experiments on children.  James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre.  416 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket illustration by Joe Ovies.
When the Wind Blows
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
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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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Naomi and Greg Boardman have created a non-profit rehabilitation center well-loved by patients and staff.  The center's future is in peril, however.  One of the center's owner's, David McIvey, wants to shut it down and replace it with a for-profit surgery center with himself as star surgeon.  Not surprisingly, Dr. McIvey winds up dead.  The center hires attorney Barbara Holloway to defend the staff members accused of his murder.
Clear and Convincing Proof
Wilhelm, Kate
Ontario, Canada: Mira, 2003.
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Daniel Ames has it all--a great job with a great law firm and he's earning more money than he ever thought possible.  One of the firm's clients, a pharmaceutical company, is sued for marketing a drug that causes birth defects.  When evidence is found that the claim may be true, Daniel finds himself in a web of lies and murder.  292 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cuptich.
The Associate
Margolin, Phillip
New York: Harper Collins, 2001.
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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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This is Passman's first novel.  LAPD Detective Danny Talon has been assigned to the case of a serial killer who has committed three murders.  Cracking the case seems impossible until Talon contacts a psychiatrist to develop a forensic profile of the killer.  The psychiatrist has a patient, Lisa Cleary, who suffers from hallucinations that seem to provide clues to the murders. Talon, Cleary, and the psychiatrist join forces to find the killer,   433 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Tony Greco.
The Visionary
Passman, Don
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
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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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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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A topic as relevant today as when this novel was written, The Select portrays the evils that can accompany good intensions gone very wrong.  The U.S. health care system has undergone drastic change.  Two medical students discover that there's more at stake than the health of their patients:  their fellow med school students are being brainwashed to further the aims of a pharmaceutical company.
The Select
Wilson, F. Paul
New York: William Morrow, 1994.
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