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  • RISK FACTOR. by Atkins, Charles.
    Atkins, Charles.
    RISK FACTOR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller set in Boston - the second novel by this author who is a practising psychiatrist. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209207.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68377
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  • MUTANT. by Clement, Peter.
    Clement, Peter.
    MUTANT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller by a former ER doctor - Dr. Richard Steele "is being recruited into a movement to examine the hazards of genetically modified foods, a job that takes him to an explosive conference in Hawaii.. . With genetic researching opening new doors, one man has realized that altered strains of DNA cannot only change the make up of plant life--they can create the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the world." SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-345443373.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82472
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  • THE PROCEDURE. by Clement, Peter.
    Clement, Peter.
    THE PROCEDURE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2001). SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller which takes on the health care industry. Issued as a paperback original. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82494
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  • CRITICAL CONDITION. by Clement, Peter.
    Clement, Peter.
    CRITICAL CONDITION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller featuring ER Dr. Richard Steele . Dr. Kathleen Sullivan,, a renowned geneticist and TV personality, has been stricken by a brain hemorrhage, and rendered completely paralyzed and speechless . . . but still utterly aware; a prisoner inside her own body, and subjected to sinister experiments, desperately trying to communicate with Steele. SIGNED on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-34544339x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82493
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  • MUTANT. by Clement, Peter.
    Clement, Peter.
    MUTANT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2001). SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller by a former ER doctor - Dr. Richard Steele "is being recruited into a movement to examine the hazards of genetically modified foods, a job that takes him to an explosive conference in Hawaii.. . With genetic researching opening new doors, one man has realized that altered strains of DNA cannot only change the make up of plant life--they can create the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the world." SIGNED on the title page. 409 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82473
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  • VITAL SIGNS. by Cook, Robin.
    Cook, Robin.
    VITAL SIGNS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Medical thriller involving the world of reproductive technologies. Bibliography. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-399-135758.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 53627
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  • MORTAL FEAR. by Cook, Robin.
    Cook, Robin.
    MORTAL FEAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Medical thriller involving DNA research, set in Boston, 364 pp. ISBN: 0-399-133186.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 47534
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  • Crichton, Michael.
    THE TERMINAL MAN.

    Edition: 2nd printing (before publication.)

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. dj. Hardcover - Another thriller on the cutting edge of medical technology - in this book, surgical-electrical mind control. Crichton's 4th book, 3rd novel (2nd under his own name.). ISBN: 0-394-447689.

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (some spine slant, wear to dj at corner folds and top of spine.)

    Book ID: 36316
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  • Cuthbert, Margaret.
    THE SILENT CRADLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel, a medical thriller set in Berkeley, California, by this African American author who is herself a medical doctor practicing in Berkeley. ISBN: 0-671-015133.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (some toning to the paper.)

    Book ID: 25124
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  • THE EXPERIMENT. by Darnton, John.
    Darnton, John.
    THE EXPERIMENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second thriler by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist. " The discovery of a corpse with its fingerprints burned off, combines with the unexplained disappearances of people from a Southeastern island to give hints of a deadly secret scientific experiment" - an experiment gone wrong. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-525945172.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 80318
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  • OBSESSED. by Ephron, G. H. (pseudonym for Hallie Ephron and Donald A. Davidoff, Ph.D.)
    Ephron, G. H. (pseudonym for Hallie Ephron and Donald A. Davidoff, Ph.D.)
    OBSESSED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring forensic neuropsychologist and expert defense witness Peter Zak, who is trying to help a coworker, Dr. Emily Ryan, who is being tormented by a stalker. Author William Tapply called this "The most compelling medical mystery I've read in a very long time...intelligent, taut, and utterly terrifying." SIGNED by Hallie Ephron on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-312305311.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82223
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  • LIE STILL. by Farris, David.
    Farris, David.
    LIE STILL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this prominent heart surgeon, a medical thriller set in a small town hospital in Arizona. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0505540.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 60665
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  • THE KEEPSAKE. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    THE KEEPSAKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in Boston, featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli.SIGNED on the title page. 349 pp. ISBN: 978-0345497628.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65748
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  • HARVEST. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    HARVEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this former doctor - a medical thriller revolving around organ donations. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-671-553011.

    Condition: Good in a very good dust jacket. (staining to outer edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 65745
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  • HARVEST. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    HARVEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this former doctor - a medical thriller revolving around organ donations. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-671-553011.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75015
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  • DIE AGAIN. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    DIE AGAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2014.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in Botswana, where all except one member of a wilderness safari are murdered and in Boston, where a big game hunter and taxidermist is found gutted and hung. Features medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp. ISBN: 978-0345543851.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75208
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  • THE MEPHISTO CLUB. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    THE MEPHISTO CLUB.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Boston - on Beacon Hill - and featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli. SIGNED on the title page. Author's afterword. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-345-476999.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88044
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  • VANISH. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    VANISH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller by this former doctor, set in Boston, and featuring Detective Jane Rizzoli. Stephen King called her books 'an automatic must-read in my house...[she is] even better than Crichton.' SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Nero Award. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-345-476972.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51323
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  • GRAVITY. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    GRAVITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller - Stephen King called her books 'an automatic must-read in my house...[she is] even better than Crichton.' The film rights to this novel - about single cell organisms which evolve and become deadly and an astronaut stranded in space - were sold before this book was even published - but Gerritsen was given no credit for the film "Gravity" featuring Sandra Bullock (and very similar to the final quarter of this book) in large part because the company which bought the rights (New Line) was taken over by Warner Bros and Gerritsen was not able to prevail in a suit for breach of contract. Even more interesting,…

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    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. SIGNED first edition - A medical thriller - Stephen King called her books 'an automatic must-read in my house...[she is] even better than Crichton.' The film rights to this novel - about single cell organisms which evolve and become deadly and an astronaut stranded in space - were sold before this book was even published - but Gerritsen was given no credit for the film "Gravity" featuring Sandra Bullock (and very similar to the final quarter of this book) in large part because the company which bought the rights (New Line) was taken over by Warner Bros and Gerritsen was not able to prevail in a suit for breach of contract. Even more interesting, the 2017 film "Life" is very similar to the first part of this novel - but still no credit to Gerritsen. SIGNED on the title page. Includes glossary. 342 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 74986
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  • HARVEST. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    HARVEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this former doctor - a medical thriller revolving around organ donations. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-671-553011.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39212
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  • HARVEST. by Gerritsen, Tess.
    Gerritsen, Tess.
    HARVEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this former doctor - a medical thriller revolving around organ donations. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-671-553011.

    Condition: Good in a near fine dust jacket. (peeled spot and whiteout on front endpaper, tape ghosts on boards.)

    Book ID: 39875
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  • HEAT SHOCK. by Greer, Robert.
    Greer, Robert.
    HEAT SHOCK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Medical thriller by this award-winning African-American writer (winner of the Chester Himes Award and author of the Denver bail bondsman CJ Floyd mystery series.) As a professor of pathology, this is an area about which Greer can write knowledgeably. Features an interesting new heroine: Dr. Carmen Nguyen, half black and half Vietnamese, who reluctantly agrees to the dying request of Luke Redstone, an aging ex-miner and breeding of fighting cocks, who contracted a rare cancer while living in the yellow-cake hills of Colorado. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7536.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60520
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  • Greer, Robert.
    HEAT SHOCK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Medical thriller by this award-winning African-American writer (winner of the Chester Himes Award and author of the Denver bail bondsman CJ Floyd mystery series.) As a professor of pathology, this is an area about which Greer can write knowledgeably. Features an interesting new heroine: Dr. Carmen Nguyen, half black and half Vietnamese, who reluctantly agrees to the dying request of Luke Redstone, an aging ex-miner and breeding of fighting cocks, who contracted a rare cancer while living in the yellow-cake hills of Colorado. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7536.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 37786
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  • HEAT SHOCK. by Greer, Robert.
    Greer, Robert.
    HEAT SHOCK.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Warner, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Medical thriller by this award-winning African-American writer (winner of the Chester Himes Award and author of the Denver bail bondsman CJ Floyd mystery series.) As a professor of pathology, this is an area about which Greer can write knowledgeably. Features an interesting new heroine: Dr. Carmen Nguyen, half black and half Vietnamese, who reluctantly agrees to the dying request of Luke Redstone, an aging ex-miner and breeding of fighting cocks, who contracted a rare cancer while living in the yellow-cake hills of Colorado. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 308 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some spotting to edges of textblock, other minor wear) Publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 62350
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  • Harrison, Harry and Marvin Minsky.
    THE TURING OPTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collarboration between an expert on artificial intelligence and a science fiction writer - medical thriller set in the near future - in California in 2023. 422 pp. ISBN: 0-776-515655.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40326
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  • DO NO HARM. by Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.
    Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.
    DO NO HARM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third thriller, set at an emergency room in Los Angeles, where a doctor must make the difficult ethical choice to care for a patient who was also a brutal assailant of the hospital staff. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0008865.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65970
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  • DO NO HARM. by Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.
    Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew.
    DO NO HARM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third thriller, set at an emergency room in Los Angeles, where a doctor must make the difficult ethical choice to care for a patient who was also a brutal assailant of the hospital staff. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0008865.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 62453
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  • FALSE ACCUSATIONS. by Jacobson, Alan.
    Jacobson, Alan.
    FALSE ACCUSATIONS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of psychological suspense. Dr. Madison, a Sacramento orthopedic surgeon is charged with a double homicide. SIGNED on the title page. 407 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82622
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  • Jacobson, Alan.
    FALSE ACCUSATIONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of psychological suspense. Dr. Madison, a Sacramento orthopedic surgeon is charged with a double homicide. Laid in is a flyer announcing an 'autograph party.'. ISBN: 0-671-02678x.

    Condition: INSCRIBED by the author 'To ... it was nice meeting you! Enjoy the book.' and dated in the year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 27876
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  • ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE HADES FACTOR. by Lynds, Gayle and Robert Ludlum.
    Lynds, Gayle and Robert Ludlum.
    ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE HADES FACTOR.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: St Martin's Griffin, (2000). SIGNED first edition - A Covert -One novel. "A homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully - each the victim of a unknown doomsday virus." The first novel in this series of international thrillers created by Ludlum and written by Lynds.SIGNED by Lynds on the title page. 432 pp. ISBN: 0-312-264372.

    Condition: Good only in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, some wear to the covers)

    Book ID: 62500
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