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1. "Harvest" (1996) is about an illegal organ harvesting scheme going on at Bayside Hospital in Boston that is thwarted by a young intern, Dr. Abbey DiMatteo.
Who is the scrivener of this spooky story?
Hint: A couple of the author's characters were the inspiration for a TV series.
2. "The Sisterhood" (1982) was this author's first published novel and dealt with the frightening scenario in which a cadre of nurses were practicing unauthorized euthanasia at Boston Doctor's Hospital. He has since written over a dozen novels which have appeared on The New York Times Bestseller List, and his works have been translated into more than 35 languages.
He was a full time doctor for 20 years before going full time with his writing.
HINT: One of his earlier works "Extreme Measures" (1991) was turned into a movie of the same title in 1996 which starred Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman and Sarah Jessica Parker. His 2012 book "Oath of Office" is his 17th novel.
Can you name him?
3. "A Faint Cold Fear" (2003) is the story of Sara Linton, a small town coroner/medical examiner, and the town's police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, who join forces to try to determine the true facts behind what appears to be a suicide at the local college campus. She is also the author of "Fractured" (2008) and "Fallen" (2011).
Can you name the author who created them?
4. "Dry Ice" (2007) is a spooky tale of a man who escapes from a mental hospital in an attempt to gain revenge against those who played a part in his incarceration including Boulder, CO psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory.
Dr. Gregory has appeared in over a dozen of this writer's works which include "Dead Time" (2008) and "The Last Lie" (2010).
Can you name this scrivener of psychology?
5. "Declared Dead" (2002) deals with the mystery behind why death certificates are being issued for people who are still very much alive, including Dr. Jenna McLaren who tries to unravel what led her Denver hospital to even include one in her name.
There are lies, secrets and talk of a new, but unproven miracle drug as well.
The author also has written "Bad Blood" (1999) and "Bad Medicine" (2001).
Do you have a clue who she is?
6. "The Darkness Drops" (2010) features Dr. Terry Ryder, a special advisor to the president on issues regarding bio-terrorism. He tries to determine what strain of microbes is causing people to develop tremors and a feeling of numbness in their arms and legs before it becomes a national calamity.
Who is the author who dreamed up this doomsday scenario?
7. "Critical Condition" (2010) evolves around a group of patients and staff at Angels of Mercy Hospital who are being held hostage during a howling snowstorm. During the chaos, Dr. Gina Freeman is trying to treat her wounded fiance, Det. Jerry Boyle and the only person who may be able to stop a wholesale massacre, E.R. physician Linda Cole is stranded outside.
Who is the cold-hearted author?
8. "Death Benefit" (2011) is the story of medical student named Pia Grazdani who, through a working alliance with Columbia University Medical Center's brilliant cutting edge molecular geneticist, Dr Tobias Rothman, is trying to create replacement organs for critically ill patients, an achievement that would change the face of health care for generations to come.
Who is the author who came up with this intriguing idea?
9. "Body of Evidence" (1991) is an early entry in a popular series featuring VA chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta in which Beryl Madison, a somewhat reclusive author of romance novels, has been getting threatening phone calls and has the disquieting sense that she is being stalked. Finally after finding a heart keyed into the side of her car she can take no more and flees to Key West to try to escape her taunter. Upon the very first night of her return home she is stabbed to death by a person for whom she apparently opened her door, not realizing that it was the very same person who had been tormenting her all along. Det. Pete Marino calls on Scarpetta to bring to use all of her skill in an effort to sort through the forensic evidence and bring the killer to justice.
Can you name this prolific author?
10. "The Andromeda Strain" (1969) is thought to be the world's first novel to deal with the topic of a space-age biological emergency.
For years scientists have been warning the U.S. government about the possible deadly consequences that could occur when satellites are sent to outer space in an effort to collect data to be studied about organisms and dust beyond our atmosphere. Later, one of seventeen such satellites falls to earth in a remote part of Arizona, in the little town of Piedmont, whose streets shortly thereafter are littered with the corpses of those who were living there. A quartet made up of a microbiologist, an epidemiologist, a pathologist and a chemist begin a battle against time to determine what has caused these unexplained deaths and to find a way to eliminate the threat before a worldwide pandemic can occur.
Whom do you suspect of coming up with this terrifying tale?
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