Science and Medical Thrillers

A discussion site for fans of thrillers with scientific or medical themes. Both fiction and nonfiction thrillers qualify. Let's help each other find the best titles in this genre. Tell us about wonderful older books that have been forgotten, or steer us toward new authors who trying to fill Michael Crichton's very large, empty shoes. Traditional medical thrillers (e.g., Robin Cook, Michael Palmer), romantic suspense in a medical setting (e.g., CJ Lyons), environmental thrillers (e.g., Karen Dionne), plagues and bioterrorists, mad molecular biologists--bring it on!