Michael Palmer has a great series of medical thrillers. "The Fifth Vial" is an early one of his. I believe he's written at least 3 more since then.

Robin Cook does a good job.

I've read a lot of theirs (Michael Palmer and Robin Cook). I randomly grabbed a few of each of theirs from my Dads bookcase when I was visiting my parents...That's really how I've gotten into medical thrillers (I'm also in nursing school, so maybe there's some morbid curiosity too). Can anyone think of any other authors, or, even better, books in particular, that you like. Judy and Rebecca - thanks!! What are your favorite books by those authors?? I'd love to see if I've read them, and if not, go grab them!!

Patron Saint of Plagues by Barth Anderson. Mexico City meets plague. Scary. Intelligent.

Well from Robin Cook, I've read 'Shock' , 'Marker' and 'Chromosomes'..they were pretty good, you could read them if you haven't.

Medical Books:

1)Shutter Island by Denis Lehane (theres a movie too! starring leodicaprio..you must have heard of it)

2) Blood Poison by D.H.Dublin

3) Body Farm by Patricia Corwell

4) Body double by Tess Gerritsen

5) Watchers by Dean Koontz

6) Adrenaline by John Benedict

7) Immortality by Kevin Bohacz

8) The Inquisitor: A Medical Thriller by Peter Clement

9) James B. Stewart (1999)
Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder

and

10) Deadly Errors by Allen Wyler

Forensic Thrillers that Ive come across lately is 'Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs'

if you like Murder mysteries you should read 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. by John Le Carré'

I love humour and Crime if you do too--King's Ransom by Ed McBain (1981-- is a classic)

Other than that:

1)Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger (not medical, but an excellent read)

2) Stephen King ( if you love thrillers you'll love him)

I love to watch murder mysteries-its got some medical as well-- as well so you should catch

1) Criminal Minds
2) Castle (its light but good plots with a hint of slapstick comedy)--and there's a book coming out too (the sneak preview of the first five chapters are out on http://abc.go.com/shows/castle/naked-heat/ThemeGallery/535998)
3) Bones

Hope this is helpful!!
Have fun!! XD
and Good luck with school
(do share your must-read book list with me, id love to get my hands another one)

which reminds me Jodi Picoult (just read 'The pact' really good)...her plots i mean but not medically related per se.

Robin Cook is definitely the master of the medical thriller. I also read a book called Therapy recently, forget the author but shouldn't be too hard to find, it's a psychological thriller and I really enjoyed it.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson takes place in the near future and discusses bioethical issues in addition to being a can't-put-it-down thriller.