Tess Gerritsen
21) Harvest
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A woman surgeon and a detective team up to investigate a racket in body transplants. The ring abducts political refugees and cuts out their organs for sale to the rich. The stakes rise as the doctor herself is abducted for this purpose. A first novel.
22) Under the knife
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"For David Ransom, it begins as an open-and-shut case. Malpractice. As attorney for a grieving family, he's determined to hang a negligent doctor. Then Dr. Kate Chesne storms into his office, daring him to seek out the truth -- that she's being framed. First, it was Kate's career that was in jeopardy. Then, when another body is discovered, David begins to believe her. Suddenly, it's much more. Somewhere in the Honolulu hospital, a killer walks freely...
23) El Cirujano
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Un asesino silencioso se desliza en las casas de las mujeres y entra en las habitaciones mientras ellas duermen.
La precisión de las heridas que les inflige sugiere que es un experto en medicina, por lo que los diarios de Boston y los atemorizados lectores comienzan a llamarlo "el cirujano". La única clave de que dispone la policía es la doctora Catherine Cordell, víctima hace dos años de un crimen muy parecido. Ahora ella esconde su temor al...
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Jordan Tavistock ist sich nicht sicher, ob er der Frau trauen soll: Clea Rice sagt, sie ermittelt in einem Versicherungsbetrug und ist daher auf der Suche nach dem "Auge von Kaschmir", einem legendären Dolch. Aber muss sie dafür nachts in ein fremdes Schlafzimmer eindringen? Als kurz darauf eine Bombe explodiert, die für sie bestimmt war, weiss er immerhin, dass Clea in Gefahr schwebt und er sie beschützen muss.
25) Gravity
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An single-celled organism that is harmless on Earth terrorizes a research station in space.
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The crime scene is unlike any that Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have ever before encountered. The woman lies in apparently peaceful repose on her bed, and Maura finds no apparent cause of death, but there is no doubt the woman is indeed dead. The victim's eyes have been removed and placed in the palm of her hand, a gesture that echoes the terrifying films she produces. Is a crazed movie fan reenacting scenes from those disturbing...
27) Never say die
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"Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of south-east Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is taking a trip through hell. Saigon is teeming, hot and dangerous. But her search for the truth about that fateful flight is about to make her life even hotter still."
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The quiet scandal surrounding her parents’ deaths has always haunted Beryl Tavistock. Now she’s asking dangerous questions, and the answers are proving that the past does not die easily. Pulled into a world of espionage, Beryl quickly discovers that she needs help, and suave former CIA agent Richard Wolf is her only hope. But in a world where trust is a double-edged sword, friends can become enemies, and enemies can be killers . .
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Tres niños desconocidos entre sí se ven unidos por unos actos de violencia extrema que parecen carecer de motivo. Huérfanos y solos, son acogidos como estudiantes en Evensong, un internado para niños emocionalmente traumatizados en un remoto bosque salvaje de Maine.
¿ES UN LUGAR SEGURO?
La patóloga forense Maura Isles ya tiene una conexión con la escuela: Julian 'Rata' Perkins, el chico de dieciséis años que conoció durante un caso anterior,...
30) After Midnight
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Together for the first time in one set, four classic spine-tingling tales of suspense, only from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerristen.
PRESUMED GUILTY
Miranda Woods is the obvious suspect in the murder of her ex-lover, who was discovered stabbed to death in her bed. When a stranger bails her out, Miranda discovers that proving her innocence may be secondary to staying alive…
KEEPER OF THE BRIDE
A bomb detonates in a church…which...
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Nadie la oyó gritar…
El cadáver decapitado y mutilado de una mujer es encontrado en el barrio de Chinatown en Boston.
Las únicas pistas que tienen la detective de homicidios Jane Rizzoli y su compañera, la médico forense Maura Isles, son dos hebras de pelo gris plateado -no humano- que se han adherido al cuerpo. Pero pronto descubrirán que esa muerte violenta ha tenido una escalofriante precuela.
Diecinueve años antes un brutal asesinato,...
32) Ice cold
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Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura's charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow.
33) Thief of hearts
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Be thrilled by this classic romantic suspense!
Reformed cat burglar Clea Rice has witnessed enough crime to put her on the straight and narrow. But little does she suspect that her search for justice will land her in the arms of a wealthy English gentleman.
As her attraction to Jordan Tavistock grows, so does the danger. Now her biggest concern isn't whether a cat burglar and a proper gentleman can find happiness... it's whether they'll survive...
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The overnight ER rotation at Springer Hospital is a calm one, which suits Dr. Toby Harper just fine. While Toby is fiercely proud of the stripes she earned as a resident in a big-city ER, she's come to appreciate the peace at Springer. But no hospital could have been prepared for the man Toby admits one quiet night. Delirious and in critical condition from a possible viral infection of the brain, he barely responds to treatment. And then he disappears...
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Zwanzig Jahre sind vergangen, seit ihr Vater mit seinem Flugzeug abgestürzt ist: Wilone "Willy" Maitland reist nach Vietnam, um seinem Schicksal auf den Grund zu gehen. Dort trifft sie auf Guy Barnard, einen ortskundigen Paläontologen, der ihr seine Hilfe anbietet. Er erzählt ihr von einem berüchtigten US-Piloten, den man nur unter Friar Tuck kannte - und der für den Feind geflogen ist. War ihr Vater etwa ein Verräter? Schnell erfährt Willy,...
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Abby DiMatteo, immersed in her second year as a surgical resident at Boston's Bayside Hospital, is elated when the hospital's elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit. But soon she must make a critical decision that jeopardizes her entire career. A car crash victim's healthy heart is ready to be harvested and is conveniently cross-matched to a wealthy patient, forty-six-year-old Nina Voss. Abby and chief resident Vivian Chao hatch...
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Es sieht nicht gut aus für Miranda Wood: Man hat ihren Ex-Geliebten Richard in ihrem Bett gefunden - erstochen. Aber so schnell, wie sie im Gefängnis sitzt, so schnell ist sie auch wieder auf freiem Fuß. Jemand hat die Kaution für sie gestellt. Bloß wer? Miranda kann nur Vermutungen anstellen. Ist es jemand, der ihr helfen will oder jemand, der sie benutzt? Zum Glück sucht Miranda nicht als einzige nach dem wahren Täter. Chase Tremain, Richards...
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Now, Gerritsen again weaves frighteningly realistic medical detail into heart-stopping suspense, as a small-town doctor races to unravel the roots of a violent epidemic -- before it destroys everything she loves. Lapped by the gentle waters of Locust Lake, the small resort town of Tranquility, Maine, seems like the perfect spot for Dr. Claire Elliot to shelter her adolescent son, Noah, from the distractions of the big city, and the lingering memory...
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Hätte Nina Cormier ihrem Verlobten das Ja-Wort gegeben, wäre sie jetzt tot. Doch da er sie in letzter Minute vor dem Altar stehen lassen hat, explodiert die Bombe in einer leeren Kirche. Detective Sam Navarro vom Portland Police Departement steht vor einem Rätsel: Hat der Anschlag etwas mit der Bombenexplosion zu tun, die Navarros Partner erst kürzlich das Leben kostete? Oder war die Kirche vielleicht doch nur ein rein zufällig ausgewähltes...
40) El pecador
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Se acerca el Día del Juicio...
Ni las gélidas temperaturas de un típico invierno de Nueva Inglaterra congelan el alma tanto como la sangrienta escena descubierta a la madrugada en la capilla de Nuestra Señora de la Divina Luz. Tras los muros protegidos del convento de clausura, ahora manchados de sangre, yacen dos monjas —una muerta, otra malherida- víctimas de un atacante salvaje.
El brutal asesinato no parece tener motivos y es poco lo...