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Inversions Inversions Iain M. Banks In the winter palace, the King’s new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palac… OL100772W
Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman doctor Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman doctor Jean Lee Latham A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States who worked in England and the U.S. to open the field of medicine to women. OL1153378W
Pandora's Daughter Pandora's Daughter Iris Johansen When Dr. Megan Blair was 15, her mother was murdered for using her extraordinary psychic powers to bring down the son of a brutal criminal. Sheltered from the truth by CIA operative Neal Grady, Mega… OL115412W
Killer Dreams Killer Dreams Iris Johansen The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Countdown returns with a knock-out suspense thriller that pits a mother and son against a killer who's the stuff of nightmares.If you close your eyes, he'l… OL115413W
Cold day in July Cold day in July Stella Cameron Toussaint, Louisiana, is a sleepy bayou town where people know their neighbors and everyone feels safe--until the shattered body of a young woman is found at the base of St. Cecil's belfry stairs. Bu… OL115448W
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots Adeline Yen Mah The story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. A stor… OL11706778W
In the land of invisible women In the land of invisible women Qanta Ahmed The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones. Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in mot… OL11902918W
Chinese Cinderella Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah… OL121492W
The doctor who was followed by ghosts The doctor who was followed by ghosts Qunying Li A Communist doctor of great dedication, Li Qunying undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her than others, yet her life was in many ways ill-fated as she struggled to exist through vast political turmoi… OL12409131W
The Scarpetta Factor The Scarpetta Factor Patricia Cornwell It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta – despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN – to offer her services pr… OL134363W
Book of the Dead Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Sca… OL134364W
The last precinct The last precinct Patricia Cornwell A case for Dr Kay Scarpetta and Detective Pete Marino to crack - and a threat to Scarpetta which could change the course of her career. OL134380W
Life Support Life Support Tess Gerritsen (from the back cover) ... another novel of searing medical suspense, as a dedicated woman doctor probes into the cause of a mystifying and lethal outbreak. Following a trail of death that winds fro… OL14871627W
The immortal hunter The immortal hunter Lynsay Sands When vampire Decker Argeneau saves the life of Danielle McGill, who is the target of a group of rogue vampires, he must convince the beautiful doctor that he is her immortal soulmate and destined to … OL14906130W
Instant gratification Instant gratification Jill Shalvis In Instant Attraction, Jill Shalvis introduced Cameron, Stone, and T.J.—the sexy, daredevil brothers who run Wilder Adventures. And for Stone Wilder, the thrill of a lifetime is about to arrive in a … OL14906783W
Undone Undone Karin Slaughter In the trauma center of Atlanta's busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city's poor, wounded, and unlucky--and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in on… OL14907126W
The Serpent's Shadow (Elemental Masters #1) The Serpent's Shadow (Elemental Masters #1) Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey returns to form in The Serpent's Shadow, the fourth in her sequence of reimagined fairy tales. This story takes place in the London of 1909, and is based on "Snow White and the Seven … OL14913424W
Outcast Outcast Joan Johnston Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds-from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out… OL14935867W
The Lies We Told The Lies We Told Diane Chamberlain Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teens, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming… OL14961076W
Women gain a place in medicine Women gain a place in medicine Edythe Lutzker Traces the struggles of five women in the nineteenth century -- Sophia Jex-Blake, Edith Pechey, Isabel Thorne, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans -- as they fought to make medical education available to fe… OL149679W
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