Medical Thriller

"Medical thrillers envision horrific scenarios where diseases become epidemics and villains use their medical training for more sinister motives.
In these books, medical professionals face mysteries of immunology, virology, etc.”
This most sensible definition comes from the Williamsburg Regional Library, “Typical of the genre, writers in this arena transform current medical 'hot topics' into nightmarish scenarios.” Robin Cook's 1999 title, Vector, detailed the horror of a bio-terrorist anthrax attack in New York City. Michael Palmer's 2002 title, Fatal, deals with hazardous waste and the danger
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Coma
Outbreak (Dr. Marissa Blumenthal, #1)
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
Toxin
Chromosome 6 (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #3)
Contagion (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #2)
Acceptable Risk
Fever
Vector (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #4)
Harvest
Harmful Intent
Mutation
Blindsight (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #1)
Vital Signs (Dr. Marissa Blumenthal, #2)
Bloodstream
American Jackal by Francis BandettiniAsystole by Francis O'KeefeChaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith LucciThe Imposter by Judith LucciThe Dravidian by Kalyan C. Kankanala
Medical Thrillers
111 books — 272 voters
The Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonPandemic by Mahi KohansalThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsLatitude Revenge by Karl Klontz
Best Medical Thriller Books
27 books — 12 voters

The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesAn Anonymous Girl by Greer HendricksThe Farm by Joanne RamosThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston
Popsugar 2020 - A Medical Thriller
86 books — 163 voters

Lin Wilder
Do you guys have to study, or can we continue the party?”

Lin Wilder, Plausible Liars: A Dr. Lindsey McCall Medical Mystery 5

Evie   James
CONAN: I stayed silent, watching her breath. I wanted to freeze time, to hold on to this moment forever. No woman had ever affected me this deeply. Maybe it was her innocence—the fact that she was a blank slate due to her amnesia, free to write her story anew without the weight of past memories. God, how I longed to help her fill those empty spaces.
Evie James, Day Shift

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