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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The lives of a medical student who lost a lung while undergoing treatment at a Brazilian hospital, a private eye investigating the death of a man who seems to have been an involuntary bone marrow donor, and a scientist suffering from an incurable disease are linked by their unknown ties to an illegal transplant organ trade.
3) Boston cream
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English
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Jonah Geller private investigator, heads to Boston on the trail of a family friend's son, but it soon becomes clear that surgeon-in-training David Fine had a real reason to run as he had been forced to perform organ transplants by a Boston crime boss, and getting him back endangers Jonah's partner Jenn Raudsepp and requires help from a former hit man and two wise guys.
4) The donor
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Language
English
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Description
You've heard the urban legend about a man who wakes up in a tub of ice in a hotel room with a kidney missing. In fact, organ thefts are a real phenomenon and the occurrence of the crime is on the increase. The legend comes to life in this dramatic and scary story ripped from the headlines of tomorrow's newspaper.
Dennis, a college-age young man and an adoptee, wakes up in a small private hospital in San Francisco after a minor car accident to discover...
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English
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The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting...
7) Noggin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After dying at age sixteen, Travis Coates' head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out changes in his relationships.
8) Donor
Author
Publisher
Birlinn Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"First in the series featuring the ex-Special Forces medic: "His medical thrillers out-chill both Michael Crichton and Robin Cook." - Daily Telegraph When seven-year-old Amanda Chapman is admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure, her parents are in despair. Their hope is renewed when Amanda is accepted for treatment in a pioneering, state-of-the-art dialysis unit in an exclusive private hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. But behind the lavish...
9) Harvest
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Second year surgical resident Abby DiMatteo stumbles onto a horrifying conspiracy when a wealthy patient who has just had a heart transplant becomes ill and Abby, in trying to treat the woman, discovers the donor records have been falsified.
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English
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Rosie Aunty Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city's elite. Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects. There's no time to snoop, though Aunty Lee's Delights...
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