I really enjoy thrillers with a medical or scientific theme to them. Psychologically warped, clinically insane but still practicing (on live victims) mad doctors are a plus. ;D

Anything goes really. I do not have a weak stomach and am extremely hard to offend. Any and all recommendations will be appreciated! :)

Thanks in advance!

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell of course... I think Kathy Reichs writes forensic crimes... uhhhh...

Of course... ;)

But I hadn't heard of Kathy Reichs. Thanks!

Becky I would go for Postmortem. Kathy Reichs writes in theory about the same things but for me there seems to be a harder feeling arund her stories, more blocked. They aren't bad but it doesn't get to the level of the scarpetta serie I think.

Robin Cook writes mostly medical thrillers, I think.

Bodies by Jed Mercurio is a kind of thriller I think - written by a doctor about a newly qualified doctor's first experience in hospital... and it's horrible.

Never let a young junior doctor treat you!

Fiona wrote: "Bodies by Jed Mercurio is a kind of thriller I think - written by a doctor about a newly qualified doctor's first experience in hospital... and it's horrible."

Nice, sounds interesting! Thanks everyone! Keep em coming!

Kandice wrote: "Robin Cook writes mostly medical thrillers, I think."

I think, if it is really written by him, coma..which was good.

Yep, that's one of his... I have a couple of his sitting on my shelves right now. Fatal Cure and Vital Signs... I've read Outbreak too, and I liked it. I love the movie, but for very different reasons than I liked the book, because they were VERY different.

Coma! I'd forgotten about that book! Really liked it!!

I think Becky did NOT like this one, but I loved The Andromeda Strain by Crichton.

For forensic fiction I would also recommend the books of Jefferson Bass, which is actually two people: Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. Dr. Bass is a forensic anthropologist and founded the facility now commonly called "the Body Farm" (coined in Patricia Cornwell's series). The author's main character is Dr. Bill Brockton, a down-to-earth and sympathetic character who works (of course) at the Body Farm. The first in the series is called "Carved In Bone".

If you really have a strong stomach you could check out "Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell, about a former hitman for the mob who now works as an intern in a hospital. He's recognized by one of the patients, who attempts to blackmail him. The violence was a little too much for me in places but I did enjoy it. It's received really good reviews overall.

Thanks Dorie! I do have a pretty strong stomach, well, mostly. I have a thing for broken bones and broken fingernails. But violence, blood and guts etc don't bother me at all!

Kandice wrote: "I think Becky did NOT like this one, but I loved The Andromeda Strain by Crichton. "

Oh, I did too... great film!

Darkly Dreaming DexterTHis is a series, I havent read it, but I think it fits?


I recommend Amnesia this is a series with forensic physcologist,

and I love REICHSReichs, Kathy

I used to love Cornwell, but after she introduces a storyline (don't want to ruin later books) that was not plausible for this series and doing something with a character that made me throw the book across the room, I gave up on her.

I gave up on her after the 4th or 5th book (can't remember which it was), which was so full of advertisements that I got p****d off! Instead of saying "he poured himself a drink" it was "he poured himself a BRAND NAME Whiskey", instead of "she ate a snack" it was "she ate a BRAND NAME cake". AFter the 20th thing, I threw it away and never read anohter, which was a shame, because I had liked the previous ones.

Hayes wrote: "I gave up on her after the 4th or 5th book (can't remember which it was), which was so full of advertisements that I got p****d off! Instead of saying "he poured himself a drink" it was "he poured ..."


are you referring to cornwell?

Teresa wrote: "Hayes wrote: "I gave up on her after the 4th or 5th book (can't remember which it was), which was so full of advertisements that I got p****d off! Instead of saying "he poured himself a drink" it w..."

Yes, I can remember the colors of the cover (orange and blue) but I can't remember the name of the book!

Hayes wrote: "Coma! I'd forgotten about that book! Really liked it!!"

It was my first book written by him and it was soooooo many years ago. I was still such a young girl:-) I remember I thought it was a bit creepy but liked it a lot.

I know cornwell her stye changed in her last books but I jsut can't give up on her. I keep adoring her books!!!!

Kathryn Fox is also good, her books are

Malicious Intent
Without Consent
Skin and Bone
Blood Born

Next - scientific research gone horribly wrong
Germ - the opening part of this was very Eeeewwww-y!
Pandemic - a deadly virus is killing everyone
Bringing Out the Dead - this was really good! Anyone see the movie with Nicholas Cage? It stuck very closely to the book!
The Fifth Vial - People getting kidnapped and having organs removed involuntarily for the black market, kind of!

Yup, the Dexter series (awesome by the way, everyone should read it!) is medical/thrillery...

Thanks Theweebarrell & Lori! Those definitely sound interesting.

Lori is right about Next, and State of Fear, also by Crichton, would fit too.

It's a historical mystery, but how about The Alienist?

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen was a good one. That's the only one of hers I've read, but I think she does a lot with this kind of thing.

The Hot Zone A Terrifying True Story is maybe not quite so riveting as others, but it's scarier because it's true.

Maybe Jonathan Kellerman, though he is a child psychologist and not so much medical .... I enjoy his series, though.

Yeah Gravity gets my vote by Tess Gerritsen. Her Surgeon and apprentice books and pretty "hectic". Read them both in about 3 days. After that I went off her.

I'd also recommend "denial" - peter james.