After witnessing a mob hit, surgeon Jack Francisco is put into protective custody to keep him safe until he can testify. A hitman known only as D is blackmailed into killing Jack, but when he tracks him down, his weary conscience won't...
Surgeons
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Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:Encouraged by her best friend to start dating again, an intensive care nurse and empty nester catches the attention of her injured mother's surgeon.
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Author:Weir, IanSummary:Shortlisted, Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Longlisted, IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award. From the acclaimed author of Daniel O'Thunder comes a rollicking, bawdy, and haunting novel about...
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Author:Starr, MelSummary:A local lord asks Hugh of Singleton to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cesspit, identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith.
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Author:Holman, SheriSummary:A fifteen-year-old prostitute rents a beautiful blue dress from her landlord in order to attract a higher class of clientele. While working to support her fragile only child, she also secures bodies for a local medical doctor's anatomy...
- Author:Starling, CaitlinSummary:
From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror- The Death of Jane Lawrence. "Intense and amazing! It's like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak ....
- The bodies keep coming : dispatches from a black trauma surgeon on racism, violence, and how we healAuthor:Williams, Brian HSummary:
Trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all - gunshot wounds, stabbings, traumatic brain injuries - and ushers us into the trauma bay, where the wounds of a national emergency amass. As a Harvard-trained physician, he learned...
- Author:Selzer, RichardSummary:
Presents thirteen insightful essays from the professor of writing and surgery at Yale University.
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone give the classic American hero a real shot in the arm'in this epic story of a Rebel doctor fighting for justice in the aftermath of the Civil War. On the blood-stained...
- Author:Jean-Pierre GagnéSummary:
L'avocat criminaliste Sark écoute avec attention les aventures de son ami Jacques Poirier, un éminent chirurgien de Québec qui a dénoncé de façon fracassante l'achat de nouveaux appareils médicaux. Poirier, qui ne...
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Author:Stewart, Roderick, Stewart, SharonSummary:In Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune Roderick and Sharon Stewart provide the intriguing details of Bethune's controversial career as a surgeon, his turbulent personal life, his passionate crusade to eradicate tuberculosis, and his...
- Author:Rae, JohnSummary:
John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae’s accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (2,494 kilometres) of Arctic...
- Author:Mankell, HenningSummary:
Mankell crafts the icy, atmospheric tale of Fredrik Welin, a disgraced surgeon living in exile on a small island. When Fredrik receives a surprise visit from a lover he abandoned decades earlier, he begins the difficult road to...
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Author:Hamilton, Alice JaneSummary:This creative nonfiction biography of the celebrated Arctic explorer Dr. John Rae begins in 1854 when, on a mapping expedition to the Boothia Peninsula, Rae discovers the missing link in the Northwest Passage. On the same trip, a chance...
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Author:Sauvé, Mathieu-RobertSummary:Né d’un père disparu et d’une mère alcoolique, Stanley Vollant est sauvé de l’orphelinat par son grand-père innu, pêcheur de saumons et trappeur de Pessamit, sur la Côte-Nord. Élève brillant doté d’une mémoire prodigieuse, il doit...
- Author:Selzer, RichardSummary:
A professor of surgery and writing at Yale, Selzer opens windows on the world of medical oddities in this collection of candid, introspective essays. His subjects are sometimes grisly but always offer tantalizing insights. Selections...
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Author:Starr, MelSummary:When some valuable books are stolen from Master John Wyclif, the well-known scholar and Bible translator, he calls upon his friend and former pupil, Hugh de Singleton, to investigate.
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Author:Blackwell, TammySummary:She’s the daughter of an earl with a secret no one can know. He’s a mage who has sacrificed everything to save those he loves. They were born worlds apart, but inside a city drenched in magic, anything is possible. Unmarried at the age...
