Fiction - Medical

"Every Third Night" is an eye-opening yet poignant story that is set in a busy, dehumanizing and unyielding New York City residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1984. It brings the reader into the real world of medicine at a time of limited...

We all have an inheritance to leave...only some leave more than what is required. There is no greater gift of inheritance than the gift of words; whether written or spoken, they remain someone's memory, and our legacy, forever. I do not ascribe to chance...

Joanne E. Beattie wrote The Broken Veranda as a fictionalized account of her older sister's experience with polio. Although Joanne wasn't alive when her sister contracted the disease, she often heard older members of her family talk about the challenging and heartbreaking experience. Over...

A man of means, Horne Fisher is a well-connected detective who's social and political influence gives him special insight into the underbelly of Britain's elite. G.K. Chesterton uses the protagonist to shine a light on the true nature on the ruling class. In The...

Book 2 in the Rhea Lynch, M.D. Series Working in the ER of a small South Carolina hospital, Dr. Rhea Lynch has seen it all-most of it at 2:00 a.m. But when an interracial couple is rushed in, beaten and bloodied by a mysterious...

Deadly outbreaks of diseases make headlines, but not at the start.Every pandemic begins small, subtle, and in faraway places.When it arrives, it spreads across oceans and continents, like the sweep of nightfall, killing millions, or even billions.BE PREPARED TO GET VERY, VERY PARANOID.The international...

From neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice comes a powerful exploration of regret, forgiveness, freedom, and what it means to be alive.??An accomplished concert pianist, Richard received standing ovations from audiences all over the world in awe of his rare...

Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly made most readers' acquaintance in Patrick Taylor's bestselling novel An Irish Country Doctor, he appeared in a series of humorous columns originally published in Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour. These warm and wryly amusing vignettes provide an...

First published in 1925, Sinclair Lewis' "Arrowsmith" is the fascinating tale of a man torn between the pursuit of scientific knowledge and the demands of everyday domestic life. "Arrowsmith" was published to great critical acclaim, being awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1926, and has...

Who would you be without your memory? When Katherine Keene is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, her four grown children must grapple with how to care for her - and how to remake their relationships with each other. And then there's the secret that threatens...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION A sensitive and at times darkly humorous story of a young man's experience of illness, his contemplation of death, and his determination to maintain his independence through it all After reading Kafka, K decides to write...

Six months have passed since the first murder investigation Detective Reed Mattox and his K-9 partner worked together, finding them in the throes of a steamy Midwestern summer.Working in The Bottoms, a notorious neighborhood on the west side of Columbus, they expect the usual...

We ought to know about the deadly virus and thatit will kill people if you do not get treated for it. Recently, they found a cure for the H1N1 (swine flu), which is also known as a deadly virus. This flu is killing people...

When her fiancé's dangerous secrets turn her work upside down, a beautiful doctor must choose between her own safety and the man she loves--and thought she knew. Dr. Carrie Markham's heart was broken by the death of her husband two years ago. Now, just...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman knows the nature of evil. His incisive explorations of the dark recesses of the criminal mind have challenged our traditional notions of crime and justice, hunter and prey. Now he heads an all-star line-up of contemporary...

On paper, Viive McBroom lives the perfect life--a key player in a fast-paced, technical field, one promotion away from real success--but that's only if you ignore one little problem.Sandwiched between one migraine and the next, Viive's life is like those choose-your-own-adventure books you read...

A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK... The most lethal virus in history has begun its spread to the mainland United States. Fast-spreading and with the ability to take over the host's immune system, the pathogen seems unstoppable. A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL... Dr. Samantha Bower of...

When Downeast local Annette Fiorno is found at the bottom of a ravine, outsider and relapsed drug addict Jimmy Sedgwick is accused of murder. Unassuming Maine lawyer Rob Hanston and big shot attorney Shawn Marks form an unlikely legal team as they attempt to...

Unlike other fields of medicine, with their occasional "oddities," the Intensive Care Unit sets the stage for a steady stream of unique medical challenges and patients who don't fit a standard profile. Fainting Pulse is a compelling compilation of stories based on these real-life...

The colored lights on the snow gave it a holiday appearance, but the dead woman's body in the yard added a grisly touch. How did Ina Bell Patrick die? Who killed her? And why?The dead woman had no direct heirs, so two nephews and...

"Incredibly charming...Suzanne Davis Gets a Life has an emotional honesty and moments of real wisdom."--Philadelphia InquirerCohen "portrays timeless and universal challenges through a buoyant combination of humor, pathos, and gumption."--Booklist"Suzanne Davis Gets a Life isn't just seriously entertaining, it's entertainingly serious...I want my romantic...

An orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in "an adventurous and inspiring tale" (Library Journal). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking...

Dr. Tyler Gentry had it all planned out, but the death of his parents in a plane crash changed everything. When he discovered his father had left him a mountain of debt, piled on top of his own student debt, the offer from Dr....

A well-respected transplant nurse and her best friend meet the corrupt world of organ transplants in a wild roller coaster ride through lifestyles of the rich and famous.Author: Amy S. PeeleISBN-10: 1631521845ISBN-13: 9781631521843Publisher: She Writes PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2017Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.40w...

Saving Jane Doe is an inspiring story about women dealing with the consequences of abortion, both legal and illegal, and it highlights our universal need for love and forgiveness.Author: Carolyn PurcellISBN-10: 1630476862ISBN-13: 9781630476861Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2016Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

As a physician in the ER of a rural South Carolina hospital, Dr. Rhea Lynch is a dedicated healer, a woman of science, and to some degree, a skeptic. But her most fundamental beliefs are put to the test with the arrival of a...

From Publishers Weekly: "In Grace's fast-paced sixth thriller featuring former Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny (after 2007's The Secret Cardinal), Nolan is about to donate a piece of his liver to Zeke Oakley, a two-year-old adopted boy whose parentage is unknown, when a doctor informs...

"A POWERFUL WORK OF FICTION THAT AUTHENTICALLY EVOKES THE BAD AND THE GOOD."--Eric Goosby, MD, US Global AIDS Coordinator, 2009-13 "A MOVING STORY OF DOCTORS NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF SUFFERING, AMBITION AND DISCOVERY."--Krista Bremer, My Accidental Jihad This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson,...

A hallucinatory, fragmentary, and tragic fictional telling of one of the most fa- mous psychotherapy cases in history, A lex Pheby's Playthings offers a visceral and darkly comic portrait of paranoid schizophrenia. Based on the true story of nineteenth-century German judge Daniel Paul Schreber,...

The history of the O'Brien family is as rich and complex as the land that bore them. They are as fierce as they are loyal, but when a horrific tragedy casts a shadow over their tight-knit clan, it leaves an empty seat at their...

Black Velvet Band weaves together the experiences of three women, their friends, and their colleagues, during one of the most critical periods of 20th century American history. Nursing student Alice Denny and her classmates face the pleasures and pains that young women like them...

Dr. Ben Merrick and his fianc , Rachel Gardner, can't get her divorced parents to stay in the same room, much less attend their wedding together. He is already looking over his shoulder expecting more trouble from a very senior surgeon who has shown...

Addie Engel is a small-town girl who wants nothing more than to leave her family farm, venture out in the wider world of 1913 Georgia and become a successful nurse. But the times aren't so friendly to a young woman determined to buck society's...

This New Year's resolution? Stay alive.... "Harrowing...irresistible." New York Times bestselling author Susan WiggsWith Pittsburgh snarled by a New Year's Eve blizzard and Angels of Mercy Hospital cut off from the outside world, staff and patients are at the mercy of armed gunmen. Their...

The five women sitting in the circle of chairs all had great dreams of motherhood. Then their babies died. Melinda sees blood on the floor every day after her loss. Dot believes the wrath of God caused her baby to die. Teenage Tina is...

The Ovary Wars involves terrorism at its best, more powerful than a suicide bomber, and more effective than a nuclear bomb. How does a terrorist kill four million people? He stops them from being born. For no apparent reason, pregnancies in the United States...

Dr. Hope Sze rolls into Montreal with three simple goals: 1) survive her family medicine residency, 2) try pain au chocolate, 3) go on a date sometime in the next two years. Then she discovers a doctor's body in the locker room.When she tries...

Number Neighbor-A social media game in which a person texts the phone number one digit higher or lower than their own.After watching, stalking, obsessing over Ivy-the raven-haired beauty with eyes as green as the clinging vine she's named after-it's the perfect opportunity for Owen...

Risk madness, or let the killings continue? Jackson sees patterns - the sway of trees, the flow of traffic, the design of the human body. His condition makes him a brilliant massage therapist, but also once put him in a locked psych ward. Now...

It starts as a fever.A debilitating virus emerges in India and quickly burns its way through the densely populated areas of Asia. The victims suffer for days even weeks on end until finally succumbing. Streets are empty and major cities are mere graveyards.Because of...

A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery. It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's...

PTSD has been documented throughout history since man first began clubbing each other with rocks. Our understanding of this debilitation has only increased or become more visible in our digital age. In the past it was seen as a source of shame and embarrassment,...

A novel of love, war and kindness, inspired by a true story of medical genius and betrayal. Sydney, 1948. Brilliant German surgeon, Hugo Winter, is dead, and his prot g , Lucy Brynne, is tasked with sorting his papers. Among them, Lucy finds glimpses...

Ernie Kippett never recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, so he took his sorry soul back to his little hometown. And hallelujah It was just in time for the state marijuana laws to change. But the commercial production of medical marijuana doesn't come without...

As Escape from Extinction opens, the last Neanderthal dies in a cave on the Iberian Peninsula. 30,000 years later, the naturalist Muir O'Brien, hunting deep in the Oregon wilderness, spots a fern believed to be extinct since the end of the last ice age....

'Project Day Lily" Summary(186 words) The Project Day Lily story chronicles the events surrounding what the public knows as "Gulf War Syndrome." To this day, the public perception of that tragedy is very limited, but now there are over 150,000 veterans of that conflict...

He just wanted to kiss her. Now he's locked in the tool trailer with his brother's best friend...After ignoring his feelings for Ainsley for years, emergency room doctor Kyle Durand finally decides it's time to act. But the same day he makes his move,...

It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing. DS Zed Willard believes that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can Claire find...

Without a shot being fired, any country with a little know-how could cripple the world economy by spreading a virus. A century ago, the Spanish influenza caused millions of deaths in over two years. COVID-19 has spread much more rapidly thanks to air travel....

Magic? Dr. Hope Sze steers clear of magic. But when "Elvis the Escape King" chains and nails himself inside a coffin and lowers himself into Montreal's St. Lawrence River, he can't break free. So Hope restarts his heart and saves his life. But now...