Robin Cook

"The master of the medical thriller" New York Times

The explosive new thriller from "New York Times-"bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook, takes listeners back to where the genre began, with "Coma" what happens when innocent hospital patients are used as medical "incubators" against their will. Lynn Pierce, a fourth-year medical student at Mason Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her otherwise healthy boyfriend, Carl, enters the hospital for routine surgery, she doesn't know it's the last time she will see him whole again. Devastated by Carl's death, Lynn searches for answers. Convinced there's more to the story than what the authorities are willing to reveal, Lynn uses all her resources at Mason Dixon--including her initially reluctant lab partner, Edward--to hunt down evidence of medical error or malpractice. What she uncovers, however, is far more disturbing. Hospitals associated with Sentinel Healthcare, including the one attached to Mason Dixon, have unnervingly high rates of unexplained anesthetic complications and patients contracting serious and terminal illness in the wake of routine surgery. When Lynn and Edward begin to receive death threats, they know they're into something bigger than either of them anticipated. They soon enter a desperate race against time for answers before shadowy forces behind Sentinel Healthcare can put a stop to their efforts once and for all.

A doctor's life gets turned upside by a dangerous new technology in this thought-provoking medical thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook. George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. George's initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fianc e dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers--and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he's right, the consequences could be lethal.

Cell is an unnervingly plausible medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. A new smartphone app, iDoc, is being developed that is far more than a mere reference tool, rather it is a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating patients more efficiently than the real thing. George’s initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancée dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers – and that the US government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he’s right, the consequences could be lethal.

Following Robin Cook's Death Benefit, in Nano embattled medical student Pia Grazdani decides to take a year off from her studies and escape New York City. Intrigued by the promise of the burgeoning field of medical technology, Pia takes a job at Nano, LLC, a lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology institute in the picturesque foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Nano, LLC is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nano-robots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But the corporate campus is a place of secrets. When Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon one of Nano, LLC's human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century – a treatment option for millions – or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?

In this "excellent" (Associated Press) blend of cutting-edge science, technology, and suspense, a young woman discovers the dark underbelly of innovation, from the #1 bestselling "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times). A lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology institute in the foothills of the Rockies, Nano is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nanorobots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But when Pia Grazdani takes a job there, she's shocked by the secretive corporate culture. She's warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endless capital that funds the institute's research. And when Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nano's human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century--a treatment option for millions--or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?

Famous for its attractive scenery, abbey, trademark jet jewellery and Dracula, it could be argued that Whitby needs little introduction. But as this volume sets out to show, there is far more to Whitby. The Abbey, of course, is the best-known and loved building here, but perhaps fewer people know of the important role it played in shaping the development of the church in England. And while the jet industry has a long history, boatbuilding, fishing and whaling were the lifeblood of Whitby before it became a popular tourist destination from the Victorian period onwards. That is not to say that Whitby's picturesque aspect and gothic influences are not to be celebrated. Indeed, the beauty of Whitby is that it has retained all these elements of its past and more, and that the town remains relatively unspoilt - as this colourful collection of images captures in vivid detail.

THIS IS A NOVEL BASED ON THE MEDICAL BACKGROUND. A VERY INTELLIGENT TEAM OF CRIMINALS WHO ARE ALSO THE CLASS ONE IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE, THEIR UNCOMMON WAYS OF CRIMES, A FIGHT BY AN EQUALLY INTELLIGENT BUT VIRTUOUS MAN WHO IS WELL AWARE THAT HE IS PLAYING WITH HIS LIFE, AND THE BEAUTIFULLY WOVEN FACTS PRESENTING YET ANOTHER NOVEL FULL OF SUSPENSE, MAINTAINING THE STATUS OF THE WELL KNOWN AUTHOR ROBIN COOK. IN THE WELL KNOWN MANHATTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT NEW YORK, PATIENTS START DYING SUDDENLY WITH SOME UNKNOWN, UNDETECTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND THE MAIN DOCTOR IN THE AUTOPSY DEPARTMENT DR. JACK STAPLETON IS BAFFLED WITH THE FINDINGS AFTER POSTMORTEM. WHAT IS THIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE? INFLUENZA? PLAGUE? TULAREMIA? ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER? WHAT IS THIS DISEASE? HOW COME THE LONG ERADICATED VIRUSES HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY AGAIN? AND THAT TOO IN THE POSH AND MODERN HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK? HAVE THESE VIRUSES OCCURRED NATURALLY OR IS SOMEONE DOING THIS INTENTIONALLY? JACK SETS HIMSELF UP ON THE TASK OF FINDING THE CULPRIT BEHIND THESE MISHAPS. NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL... FRAZER LAB, THE FROZEN ESKIMOS IN ALASKA, WHAT IS AT THE BASE OF ALL THESE? A NOVEL FULL OF DRAMATIC SITUATIONS, IT WILL MAKE YOU HELD YOUR BREATH. THIS NOVEL MAKES YOU REALIZE THAT THESE MEDICAL MISHAPS CAN TAKE PLACE ANYWHERE ALL OVER THE WORLD....'कन्टेजन' ही डॉ. रॉबिन कुक यांची वैद्यकीय पाश्र्वभूमीवरील एक यशस्वी रहस्यमय कादंबरी. विज्ञानाच्या क्षेत्रातील प्रतिष्ठित 'इंटेलिजंट' गुन्हेगारांची टोळी, त्यांची असाधारण गुन्हेगारी व एका बुद्धिमान, निष्ठावंत व्यक्तीनं ती हाणून पाडण्यासाठी जिवाच्या करारानं घेतलेला त्याचा शोध, या पद्धतीनं गुंफलेलं हे कथानक अत्यंत उत्कंठावर्धक मांडणीमुळे वाचकांच्या मनाचा ठाव घेतं. न्यू यॉर्कच्या मॅनहटन जनरल हॉस्पिटलमध्ये कोणत्यातरी अज्ञात संसर्गजन्य रोगानं एकापाठोपाठ एक माणसं मरू लागतात. मुख्य वैद्यकीय तपासनीस ऑफिसातील गुन्हाअन्वेषण विभागातील निष्णात डॉक्टर जॅक स्टेपलटन शवविच्छेदन केल्यावर चक्रावून जातो... हा घातक संसर्गजन्य रोग कोणता? इन्फ्ल्युएंझा?... प्लेग?... टुलरेमिया?... रॉकी माउंटन स्पॉटेड फिव्हर?... ७०-७५ वर्षांपूर्वी नामशेष झालेल्या या रोगांचे विषाणू पुन्हा या काळात आणि तेही न्यू यॉर्कमधल्या इतक्या अत्याधुनिक हॉस्पिटलमध्ये? हे विषाणू नैसर्गिकपणे उद्भवले, की कोणा माथेफिरू दहशतवाद्याचं हे कृत्य? जॅक हात धुऊन या प्रकरणाच्या मागे लागतो. नॅशनल बायॉलॉजिकल्स... फ्रेझर लॅब... अलास्कातील गोठलेले ए

An "exciting" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) novel of unchecked greed, medical malfeasance, and startling science, from the #1 bestselling "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times) "An intense read that raises thought-provoking questions."--Associated Press Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist on cutting-edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating replacement organs for critically ill patients. But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of classmate George Wilson, launches an investigation into the unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab. Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz-kids think they've found another loadstone in the nation's multitrillion-dollar life insurance industry, and race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize the policies of the aged and infirm to make another killing. As Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab, one question remains unanswered: Is someone attempting to manipulate private insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?

With her son's cancer in remission, NYC medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work--and finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzle in this compelling mystery by the bestselling "master of the medical thriller." (The New York Times) The investigation into the shocking death of CIA agent Kevin Markham is a professional challenge for Dr. Laurie Montgomery, and it has her colleagues wondering if she still has what it takes after so much time away. Markham's autopsy results are inconclusive, and though it appears he's been poisoned, toxiccology fails to corroborate Laurie's suspicions. While her coworkers doubt her assassination theory, her determination wins over her husband, fellow medical examiner Jack Stapleton, and together they discover associations to a large pharmaceutical company and several biomedical start-ups dealing with stem-cell research. Laurie and Jack must race to connect the dots before they are consumed in a dangerous game of biotech espionage.

New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook returns with another ripped-from-the-headlines medical thriller, as medical detective Jack Stapleton investigates the promises--and deadly risks--of alternative medicine and is led deep into the heart of a religious conspiracy... Medical examiners and husband-and-wife pair Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are consumed with worry for their young son, who has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. But, as always, Jack turns to his work for solace; after performing a postmortem on a promising young woman who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, he begins researching alternative medicine as a way to avoid obsessing about his child's illness. Meanwhile, Jack's college buddy, a renowned archaeologist and biblical scholar, makes a spectacular find at a souk in Cairo: an ancient codex, whose contents may vault him to international fame--and jeopardize the very nature of papal infallibility. And the bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, another former classmate, turns to Jack to help safeguard an explosive secret, one with the power to change lives forever...

WHEN DR. CRAIG BOWMAN IS SERVED WITH A SUMMONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, HE S SHOCKED, ENRAGED, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE HUMILIATED. A DEVOTED PHYSICIAN WHO WORKS CONTINUOUSLY IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS, HE ENDURED GRUELING YEARS OF TRAINING AND IS NOW A PARTNER IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONCIERGE MEDICAL PRACTICE. NO LONGER FORCED TO SEE MORE AND MORE PATIENTS WHILE SPENDING LESS AND LESS TIME WITH EACH ONE JUST TO KEEP HIS OFFICE DOOR OPEN, HE NOW PROVIDES THE KIND OF MEDICAL CARE HE IS TRAINED TO DO, LAVISHING TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR AVAILABILITY AND PERSONALIZED ATTENTION ON HIS HANDPICKED PATIENTS. AND AT LAST, HE IS EARNING A SIGNIFICANT INCOME, NO LONGER BURDENED BY FALLING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES. BUT THIS IDYLLIC PRACTICE COMES TO A GRINDING HALT ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON-AND GETS MUCH, MUCH WORSE. ENTER DR. JACK STAPLETON, A MEDICAL EXAMINER IN NEW YORK CITY AND BOWMAN S BROTHER-IN-LAW: JACK S SISTER ALEXIS-NOW CRAIG S ESTRANGED WIFE-TEARFULLY BEGS FOR HIS HELP AS HER HUSBAND S TRIAL DRAGS ON. JACK AGREES TO TRAVEL TO BOSTON TO OFFER HIS FORENSIC SERVICES AND EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE TO CRAIG S BELEAGUERED DEFENSE ATTORNEY. BUT WHEN JACK S IRREVERENT SUGGESTION TO EXHUME THE CORPSE TO DISPROVE THE ALLEGED MALPRACTICE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY, HE OPENS A PANDORA S BOX OF TROUBLE. AS CRAIG BOWMAN S LIFE AND CAREER ARE PUT ON THE LINE, JACK IS ON THE VERGE OF MAKING A MOST UNWELCOME DISCOVERY OF TREMENDOUS LEGAL AND MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE-AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP HIM FROM LEARNING THE TRUTH.

In this chilling novel from the bestselling "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), NYC medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton rush to India to help a UCLA student investigating medical tourism--and a sinister global conspiracy.Devastated by the news that her beloved granmother has died after hip surgery in New Delhi, UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez flies to India, desperate for answers. Jennifer's grandmother appears to be a victim of medical tourism--uninsured first-world citizens traveling to third-world countries for more affordable surgery. With revelations of other unexplained deaths and pressure from Indian hospital officials for a hasty cremation, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery. Laurie, along with her husband, Dr. Jack Stapleton, rush to Jennifer's side, only to discover a sophisticated medical facility with little margin for error. But as the death count grows, so do the questions, leading Laurie and Jennifer to unveil a multilayered conspiracy of global proportions.

On 17 March 2003, Robin Cook, Leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary, resigned from the Cabinet in protest at the coming war in Iraq. For the two years before that dramatic event Robin Cook had kept a diary, a personal record of Labour's extraordinary second term which came to be dominated by one event - the determination of Tony Blair to wage war against Iraq. In this unvarnished, behind-the-scenes account of the run up to war, interspersed with trenchant observation, we follow Cook's gathering disillusionment as the political compass of the party he loves changes almost beyond recognition - from its failure over Lords reform and unwillingness to tackle fundamental social issues, to its disastrous alliance with President Bush and the most right-wing administration in US history. Now fully updated, with incisive deliberations on the Hutton Report, the Butler Inquiry, and the continuing furore about the necessity and legality of the war, "The Point of Departure" is a shocking critique of a government that came to power on a tide of goodwill, and which now is one of the least trusted in modern British history. From a holder of one of the great offices of State and one of Labour's most brilliant politicians, "The Point of Departure" is the most important political publication of the decade.

For instance, in one poem he compares a magpie's flight to the constant flickering of a silent black and white movie screen. In another, he shares with his readers the remarkable encounters he's had with a curious red fox, thereby somewhat dispelling the creature's sly reputation. Robin's anthropomorphic writing style displays his vivid imagination. In addition, Robin offers his readers distinct perspectives regarding social issues and milestone events of our day. He is truly an old school practitioner, and his philosophical musings seem to be carved from the cornerstone upon which the Old School itself was built.

As the Iraqi conflict led to his resignation from the Cabinet, Robin Cook, former Foreign Secretary, focuses on the build-up to and the consequences of the war. Through diary entries and commentary, he explores how the excitement at Blair's victory in l997 - and the very real advances in his first parliament - gave way to a decline in public confidence, deepening challenges to parliamentary democracy and an increasing loss of momentum in his second parliament. Based on first-hand experiences of the Cabinet and Commons since the last election, Cook explains how decisions came to be taken and explores the consequences of those decisions. The struggle for greater democracy, the increased conservatism of the present government and the march to war provides a dramatic and compelling story from one of Labour's most brilliant politicians.

A "superb, suspense-packed" (Detroit News) novel about one man's attempt to combat the greed and corruption of a massive pharmaceutical company, from the #1 bestselling author "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times) "A storyteller of the most daring imagination . . . chillingly entertaining and thought-provoking."--Associated Press When young dancer Jennifer Schonberg became pregnant by accident, her feelings were mixed. For her husband, Adam, a third-year medical student already in financial straits, the loss of Jennifer's income and the cost of the coming child meant he must drop out of medical school, so he takes a job as a salesperson for the giant, powerful drug firm Arolen Pharmaceuticals. Jennifer felt she would get the best care at the Julian Clinic as her pregnancy progressed, and it seemed a happy coincidence that the Julian Clinic was owned by Arolen. But soon Adam's curiosity was aroused: Why did the computer print-outs on his doctor customers reveal so much personal information? And why did so many of them give up private practice for the mysterious Julian Clinic after returning from one of Arolen's lavish Caribbean cruises? Alarm bells start ringing when Jennifer's doctor, just back from a cruise, joined the clinic and started prescribing Arolen drugs which he had previously rejected. As Adam slowly begins to suspect the terrifying truth about the connection between the Julian Clinic and Arolen--and about the hideous evil perpetrated on the wife he loved by the doctor she helplessly trusted--he must fight to save his family and the soul of medicine itself. . . .