"… monumentally conceived and masterfully sculpted … Smith is the master of suspense …" —Manhattan Book Review (5 Stars) "... stunning debut … a flurry of unpredictable, nail biting, and clock-ticking scenarios …" --San Francisco Book Review (5 Stars) You know that Atlanta PD has given up on a case when they call in Dr. Damon Keane. The sleuth scientist is quietly famous in forensic circles for unraveling the most daunting technical puzzles, but this case is bewildering. Two people are already dead. The third victim, a priest, is dying by inches in an Atlanta hospital, and the cause is a complete mystery to doctors and police detectives alike. As if matters weren’t strange enough, the dying priest’s rosary beads have suddenly turned the color of blood. Despite that bizarre transformation, Keane knows that he’s not chasing something supernatural. The killer is a man—twisted by anger and a lust for vengeance—but still very much human. As the death toll mounts, the story races from Atlanta to London’s Hyde Park to the edge of Siberia and a place now home to an international nuclear black market. For all of his perception and skill, Keane is always one step behind. Time is running out. The killer is making his final preparations to submerge an entire city in a cloud of death. And Keane has learned that the only way to take down this monster is to outmatch his cunning in a face-to-face showdown.

Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning of Panacea return to encounter another mindbending scientific scenario in, The God Gene, the new thriller by F. Paul Wilson.F. Paul Wilson is the winner of the Career Achievement in Thriller Fiction in the 2017 RT Reviewers' Choice Best Book AwardsRick's brother, Keith, a prominent zoologist at NYU, walks out of his office one day and disappears. The only clue they have are his brother's book, which mentions "the God Gene."A million or so years ago, a gene designated hsa-mir-3998 appeared as if by magic from the junk DNA of the hominids who eventually evolved into Homo sapiens. It became a key player in brain development―specifically creativity―and laymen started calling it "the God Gene." Keith had been tracking this gene through the evolutionary tree, and was excited by an odd blue-eyed primate he brought back from East Africa. But immediately after running the creature's genetic code, he destroyed all the results and vanished.Rick and Laura's search takes them to an uncharted island in the Mozambique Channel, home of the dapis―blue-eyed primates whose DNA hides a world-shattering secret. In a globe-spanning mixture of science, mystery and adventure reminiscent of Michael Crichton, The God Gene takes you to the edge of evolutionary theory and beyond...way beyond.The ICE Sequence Series1. Panacea2. The God Gene

One of POPSUGAR’s Top 15 Medical ThrillersOne of REAL SIMPLE’s 35 Chilling Psychological ThrillersA mother’s worst nightmare, a chance at redemption, and a deadly secret that haunts a family across the generations—“the psychological thriller everyone will be talking about” (Lisa Scottaline)There's only room for one mother in this family.Claire Abrams’s dreams became a nightmare when she passed on a genetic mutation that killed her little boy. Now she wants a second chance to be a mother, and finds it in Robert Nash, a maverick fertility doctor who works under the radar with Jillian Hendricks, a cunning young scientist bent on making her mark—and seducing her boss.Claire, Robert, and Jillian work together to create the world’s first baby with three genetic parents—an unprecedented feat that could eliminate inherited disease. But when word of their illegal experiment leaks to the wrong person, Robert escapes into hiding with the now-pregnant Claire, leaving Jillian to serve out a prison sentence that destroys her future.Ten years later, a spunky girl named Abigail begins to understand that all is not right with the reclusive man and woman she knows as her parents. But the family’s problems are only beginning. Jillian, hardened by a decade of jealousy and loss, has returned—and nothing will stop her from reuniting with the man and daughter who should have been hers.Past, present, and future converge in this mesmerizing psychological thriller from critically acclaimed author Kira Peikoff.

A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTIONFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It.In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.”In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win.

**WINNER NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD BEST MEDICAL THRILLER****WINNER INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD BEST MEDICAL THRILLER****FINALIST NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS BEST THRILLER**Because the war on drugs is not going well, DEA conspirators initiate a secret project mixing a lethal Venezuelan hepatitis virus into heroin, rationalizing that a few deaths from a new type of hepatitis will deter drug abuse in many.When Dr. Kris Jensen, a medical detective with the CDC's hepatitis division, arrives in Mississippi to investigate rapidly fatal hepatitis in two drug users, she doesn't expect to become a victim.Two days after an accidental needlestick, she realizes that she is now infected with this unknown lethal virus and has only five days left to find answers to its origin. Jensen's investigation takes her into the depths of a web of drug use and revenge murders, tracked by DEA assassins who are determined to keep her from discovering the truth.

From award-winning medical fiction author Peter Palmieri comes a provocative tale of a bright young doctor caught in a deadly web of corruption and deceit. When a ghastly incident makes Dr. Benjamin Snow the target of a vicious media blitz, he finds his once promising career derailed. With no other prospects, he accepts a temporary position with a pediatric practice in an obscure town on the South Texas Border. But as he tries to restore his reputation, he becomes ensnared in a dark web of corruption involving the town’s remarkably lucrative hospital and the enigmatic boss of a local drug cartel. As one doctor after another is brutally murdered, Benjamin Snow is forced to battle demons from his past to discover his life’s true purpose and stay alive.

A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of January 2020“Scalpel sharp.”—Kathy ReichsA young rookie medical examiner. A suspicious case. An underworld plot only she saw coming.From the New York Times bestselling authors of Working StiffFor San Francisco’s newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie Teska, it was supposed to be a fresh start. A new job in a new city. A way to escape her own dark past.Instead she faces a chilling discovery when an opioid-overdose case contains hints of something more sinister. Jessie’s superiors urge her to close the case, but as more bodies land on her autopsy table, she uncovers a constellation of deaths that point to an elaborate plot involving drug dealers and Bitcoin brokers.Drawing on her real-life experiences as a forensics expert, Judy Melinek teams up with husband T.J. Mitchell to deliver the most exhilarating mystery of the year. Autopsy means “see for yourself,” and Jessie Teska won’t stop until she has seen it all—even if it means that the next corpse on the table could be her own.

Product Description --Writer's Digest 21st Annual Book Awards Honorable Mention--USA Best Book Awards Finalist in two categories In a post-plague, baby-hungry world Blair searches for her kidnapped daughter. She works as a tour guide on what mainlanders call Devil's island--all that's left of a future San Francisco. The island is infamous for its high rate of plague survivors, its lively, thriving arts community, and its suspect spirituality.Islanders are fascinated by mysterious "plague-gifts" - knowledge and skills acquired by surviving the plague and are covertly experimenting with the virus. Mainlanders abhor the mere mention of anything plague-related.The island is quarantined, yet mainlanders Dr. Lourdes and his daughters insist on a visit.  Their stated agenda is to shop the arts district and to adopt a child. But Dr. Lourdes's curiosity about rumored plague virus experiments has Blair worried about the true purpose of their visit.When the doctor's youngest daughter contracts the plague, Blair must call on all her plague-gifts to help her survive.  The girl's fight for her life and Blair's search for her own daughter dovetail in a startling conclusion that is beyond Blair's wildest dreams. Review The world created in Dreamer's Island is rich and complex, both beautiful and scary.  It is inhabited by a lively and humorous community of artists, craftspeople, and dreamers--who are all too aware of the dangers that menace them from outside. I couldn't put it down.---Alison Baker, O. Henry Award winner and author of Loving Wanda Beaver From the Back Cover In a post-plague, baby-hungry world Blair searches for her kidnapped daughter. She works as a tour guide on what mainlanders call Devil's island--all that's left of a future San Francisco. The island is infamous for its high rate of plague survivors, its lively, thriving arts community, and its suspect spirituality.Islanders are fascinated by mysterious "plague-gifts" - knowledge and skills acquired by surviving the plague and are covertly experimenting with the virus. Mainlanders abhor the mere mention of anything plague-related.The island is quarantined, yet mainlanders Dr. Lourdes and his daughters insist on a visit.  Their stated agenda is to shop the arts district and to adopt a child. But Dr. Lourdes's curiosity about rumored plague virus experiments has Blair worried about the true purpose of their visit.When the doctor's youngest daughter contracts the plague, Blair must call on all her plague-gifts to help her survive.  The girl's fight for her life and Blair's search for her own daughter dovetail in a startling conclusion that is beyond Blair's wildest dreams. About the Author Gretchen Hummel is an award-winning author with an MFA Degree in Creative Writing and an MS Degree in Psychiatric Nursing. Her publishing credits include short stories in The Potomac Review, Confrontation and Shades. She lives in NC with her spouse and two furry, four-legged editorial assistants.