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Frank Coffin Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:04 PM
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Can anyone recommend any Legal or Medical Thrillers?
I have been reading a lot of John Grisham, William Bernhardt, and I started picking up Catherine Coulter (after confirming she is not related to Dann) and REALLY dug the book. I have read Lisa Scottoline and Lisa Gardner books - they are OK

As far as medical thrillers go. I regularly read Robin Cook, Michael Palmer, Richard Mabry (although it's more preach-y than medical issues), and more recently Dr. Peter Clement

What I would like to know your thoughts about what my next series of books/Kindle books should be. I need something that gives the cliffhangers and the like.

I await your word while I eat this delicious crab cake.
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NBachers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:10 PM
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1. I'm a compleat Michael Connelly nut
You may enjoy, in order:

The Lincoln Lawyer
The Brass Verdict
The Reversal
The Fifth Witness
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Marie Marie Donating Member (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:46 PM
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2. Oh, now I want a crab cake!
Just spent last weekend at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and ate enough Maryland Crab for 3 people. Wonderful!!
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:54 PM
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3. Anything by Jodi Picoult.
Her books are amazing. And most have detailed legal trials in them.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 08:37 AM
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4. Brian Haig
mvccd1000 turned me on to Brain Haig. It's military - Maj. Sean (Bulldog) Drummond, lawyer in the Army JAG.

He's Haig's son, so he's probably Republican, but he doesn't let it show at all...



http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/H_Authors/Haig_Brian.html
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 08:53 AM
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5. Steve Martini's Paul Madriani Series is a very good legal thriller series..
Here is a list: (I would suggest reading them in order)

Paul Madriani Series:
1.Compelling Evidence (1992)
2.Prime Witness (1993)
3.Undue Influence (1994)
4.The Judge (1996)
5.The Attorney (1999)
6.The Jury (2001)
7.The Arraignment (2003)
8.Double Tap (2006)
9.Shadow of Power (2008)
10.Guardian of Lies (2009)
11.The Rule of Nine (2010)
12.Trader of Secrets (2011)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 02:25 PM
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6. I like Scott Turrow. I can really recommend "Limitations."
That one really isn't a thriller, but it's still excellent.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-11 12:03 AM
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7. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
It may not exactly be a medical thriller, but a historian from the 22nd century goes back to 14th century England, and because of a screw up of some kind, winds up about twenty years later than the target date. So now she's arrived a couple of weeks before the Black Plague is going to hit. Really good.
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 04:54 PM
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8. Here you go...
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 08:03 PM
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9. And another list...
Edited on Sat Oct-15-11 08:04 PM by mainer
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DUgosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-15-11 09:42 PM
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10. I like
Perri O'Shaunessy, Kate Wilhelm, and Rose Connors for legal thrillers. Tess Gerritsen does some medical thrillers.
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Moe Shinola Donating Member (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-14-11 11:58 PM
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11. Thumbs up for Tess Gerretsen
I really enjoyed The Sinner.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 11:08 AM
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12. A few more....
Brad Meltzer
Linda Fairstein
Richard North Patterson
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Patricia Cornwell - especially earlier books (forensic more than medical)
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-11 01:13 PM
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13. Frank Coffin -
Go to this post in DU3 - haven't seen you there yet.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1193183#post2

It seems that Daniel M. Klein, who writes Elvis Presley mysteries, also writes medical thrillers.



http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/K_Authors/Klein_Daniel-M.html
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