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"The explosive story of a doctor accused of malpractice--a fugitive on the run who pieces together the heart of a shocking medical conspiracy.'--cover.

Called in as a consultant for a possible child-abuse case, child psychologist Alex Delaware begins to suspect that the hospital has come under the sway of Chuck Jones, the financial whiz administrator who seems overly interested in profits

Behind the prim gates of the Greenwich, Connecticut, McMansions, Wall Street whizzes turn their attentions from mortgages to another possible profit source: the $25 trillion life-insurance industry. By securitizing the policies of the old and sick, they hope to make another financial killing. At the same time, Natalie Savondnik and Ronald Goodall-two exceptional yet aloof medical residents-are working closely with their medical center's premier scientist...

When Eldon Mate, a former physician who had ended dozens of human lives, is found murdered psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is asked to aid in the investigation.

Nurse Lauren Barclay put her life on hold to keep a watchful eye on her troubled sister; that's why she's back in Houston. But that means confronting the brooding physician assistant who caused painful turmoil in her family-- and left Lauren with memories her heart can't forget. PA and single parent Elijah Landry is no stranger to stormy relationships, and he's determined to protect his disabled brother-- and to making peace with Lauren. But as Lauren...

Dr. Jessie Copeland is a respected neurosurgeon who spends her days waging life-and-death battles in the OR and her spare time holed up in a lab, spearheading the development of a robot that could revolutionize brain surgery. It could be months before the robot is ready for use on human beings--or so Jessie thinks, until her ambitious department head jumps the gun and uses the robot in a high-profile case that nets worldwide attention.

"Dr. Abby Dolan was on the fast track at a major San Francisco hospital when she made a critical choice: to follow her fiance, Josh Wyler, to the picturesque California town of Patience, where he has a new job with manufacturing giant Colstar. Working in a small-town emergency room, knowing that her every move sparks gossip, Abby nonetheless begins to feel at home - until the first undiagnosable patients start showing up."--BOOK JACKET. "Abby calls...

Dr. Siri Paiboun, the official and only coroner of Laos, must investigate the death of a man who was run down by a logging truck. Was it merely an accident or something sinister? When he discovers a cryptic message in the victim's pocket, Dr. Paiboun believes in the latter.

Six months after saving the life of teenage accident victim Kristen Kroiter, emergency room surgeon Ted Cogan is shocked when he is questioned by police in the wake of her baffling suicide, which causes the womanizing Cogan to be wrongly accused of rape.

ER doctor Leigh Stathos has accepted that nothing lasts forever-- including her marriage to San Francisco police officer Nick Stathos. He, however, is determined to save their relationship. An unexpected emergency at Golden Gate Mercy Hospital may just give them the chance they both need.