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Sharp force / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.;
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character); Forensic pathologists; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Medical examiners (Law); Murder; Psychiatric hospitals; Serial murderers; Secrecy; Women physicians;

Sharp force [text (large print)] / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.;
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character); Forensic pathologists; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Medical examiners (Law); Murder; Psychiatric hospitals; Serial murderers; Secrecy; Women physicians;

A corruption of blood / by Parry, Ambrose,author.;
Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains, but even he is disturbed by the contents of a package washed up at the Port of Leith. Stranger still, a man Raven has long detested is pleading for his help to escape the hangman. Back at 52 Queen Street, Sarah Fisher has set her sights on learning to practise medicine. Almost everyone seems intent on dissuading her from this ambition, but when word reaches her that a woman has recently obtained a medical degree despite her gender, Sarah decides to seek her out. Raven's efforts to prove his erstwhile adversary's innocence are failing and he desperately needs Sarah's help. Putting their feelings for one another aside, their investigations will take them to both extremes of Edinburgh's social divide, where they discover that wealth and status cannot alter a fate written in the blood.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870; Medical students; Murder; Physicians; Women household employees;

Identity unknown / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.;
"Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano's skin is strangely red. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character); Forensic pathologists; Friendship; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Medical examiners (Law); Murder; Secrecy; Unidentified flying objects; Women physicians;

Identity unknown [text (large print)] / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.;
"Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano's skin is strangely red. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character); Forensic pathologists; Friendship; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Medical examiners (Law); Murder; Secrecy; Unidentified flying objects; Women physicians;

Yours truly / by Jimenez, Abby,author.;
"Dr. Briana Ortiz's life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother's running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that's probably going to the new man-doctor who's already registering eighty-friggin'-seven on Briana's 'pain in my ass' scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game ... by sending Briana a letter. And it's a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn't actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who's terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her 'sob closet,' and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable--a kidney for her brother--she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor ... especially when he calls in a favor she can't refuse"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Letters; Man-woman relationships; Organ donors; Physicians; Siblings;

The power of women : a doctor's journey of hope and healing / by Mukwege, Denis,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from women's resilience, strength, and power. At the heart of Dr. Mukwege's message will be the voices of the many women he has worked with over the years. Dr. Mukwege will use individual cases to reassure all survivors that, even if their psychological wounds may never fully heal, they can recover and thrive with the right care and support. Dr. Mukwege's dramatic personal story is interwoven throughout as he explores the bigger issues that have become a focus of his advocacy. He will seek to explain why sexual violence is so often overlooked during war, and how governments need to recognize and compensate victims. He will also stress the importance of breaking down the taboos surrounding assault, and the necessity of building a system that supports women who come forward. His words advocate for saying 'no' to indifference and he asks readers to reckon with the West's involvement in perpetuating sexual violence in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to confront the abuse taking place in their own communities. Sexual violence does not occur in a vacuum. The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has raged for over 20 years and has claimed an estimated 5 million lives, is inseparable from Western patriarchy and economic colonization. And this cycle of violence and spoils is not limited to Congo. Dr. Mukwege's work has led him to South Korea, Latin America, the Middle East, and elsewhere in Africa, where he has found striking similarities in women's testimonies. The truth is, through the intricate ties of the global economy, we are all implicated in violence against women - whether it occurs amidst the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo or on college campuses in the West. And Dr. Mukwege's writing will address men as well, encouraging and guiding them to become allies in the fight against sexual abuse, in war and in peace. Building more inclusive, gender-balanced societies will require developing what he calls "positive masculinity" - a systemic change in male behavior and attitudes towards women. Dr. Mukwege hopes to inspire other men to speak out and join the struggle, rather than leaving women to fight the battle alone. He will also make the case, drawing from his experience and a wealth of research on the topic, that when women are involved as economic and political decision makers, all of society benefits. The Power of Women will illuminate the enduring strength of women in the face of violence and trauma, and give hope for the potential of individuals to turn the tide"--
Subjects: Mukwege, Denis.; Physicians; Rape victims; Resilience (Personality trait); Sexual abuse victims; Women and war; Women; Women;

Madame Bovary : provincial ways / by Flaubert, Gustave,1821-1880.; Davis, Lydia,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Classics; Literary; Physicians' spouses; Married women; Adultery; Suicide victims; Middle class;
© 2010., Viking Penguin,

The boyfriend / by McFadden, Freida,author.;
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in NYC, has terrible luck with dating until she meets the utterly perfect, charming, handsome doctor Tom, but when a woman is brutally murdered and the suspect is a mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them, Sydney can't shake her own horrifying suspicions.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Physicians; Secrecy; Young women;

The boyfriend [text (large print)] / by McFadden, Freida,author.;
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in NYC, has terrible luck with dating until she meets the utterly perfect, charming, handsome doctor Tom, but when a woman is brutally murdered and the suspect is a mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them, Sydney can't shake her own horrifying suspicions.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Physicians; Secrecy; Young women;

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