This bestselling thriller by the author of Coma presents an all-too-possible scenario of what could happen if “managed care” were to spin out of control. Doctors Angela and David Wison believe they have found professional bliss in the state-of-the-art facility where they’ve chosen to work. But their dreams are shattered when David’s patients begin dying […]
Angela Dawsons chain of hospitals is threatened by a series of mysterious drug-resistant staph infections. Her carefully crafted world begins to crumble and she can only count on herself. New York medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton join the investigation, one so critical because Jacks facing surgery at Angels Orthopedic hospital. Lauras investigation leads […]
Dr. Jack Stapleton, the forensic pathologist, is amused how the notorious underworld figure, Carlo Franconi??s body goes missing from the morgue before autopsy. Carlo is gunned down and his Mafioso rivals are the prime suspects. Discover how Stapleton tries to solve the mystery when a mutilated, unidentifiable body comes to the morgue a few days […]
Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center??s premier scientist. Their cutting edge research could revolutionize health care; creating replacement organs. Thorough her work with the brilliant molecular geneticist Dr Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will not only be given the chance to fulfil her professional ambitions […]
Reeling from the events of the previous book, Pia Grazdani takes a break from medical school. She finds a job as an intern at a lavishly funded nanotechnology institute where she is working on some of the most advanced technologies ever known. However her work there is constantly hounded by the knowledge that the institute […]
Still considered one of the best of the genre, Coma propelled Robin Cook to the top of his field and earned him a reputation as the “master of the medical thriller” (New York Times). Now readers have another chance to discover this classic masterwork of nightmarish possibility.
As the bestselling master of medical suspense, Robin Cook has always always been on the cutting edge of the latest medical controversies. In Acceptable Risks, he confronts one of the most provocative isssues of our time–personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise. “Takes on the ethics involved in such personality-altering drugs as Prozac.”–Publishers […]
Robin Cook is back–with his most provocative bestseller. A harrowing medical nightmare that goes beyond the shocking chills of Coma and the sweeping panic of Outbreak . . . into the controversial future of genetics. “A chilling odyssey into the origins of life–and death.”–USA Today. HC: Putnam.
After Richard Prestons The Cobra Event, youd think bestselling authors would give the abused citizens of New York City a little break. Well, not so. In Robin Cooks Vector, the Big Apple is locked in the sights of a twisted citizen who feels hes been deprived of the American dream. Get ready to be terrified […]
With her young sons potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work, only to face the case of her career. The investigation into the death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge-and has Lauries colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so […]