Back in 1990 I did a roundup of medical mystery stories for the BMJ (the readable version is here). If you're a mystery addict with a medical bent, here's the list of mysteries involving medical personnel in some way:Sarah Paretsky, Bitter Medicine, 1987
Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought, 1931
Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926
Margaret Millar, Taste of Fears, 1950
Stella Shepherd, Murderous Remedy, 1989
B M Gill, Suspect, 1981
Robin Cook, Outbreak, 1987
Leah Ruth Robinson, Blood Run, 1988
J B Priestley, Salt is Leaving, 1966
H Zachary, Murder in White, 1981
Jonathan Latimer, Murder in the Madhouse, 1935
June Thomson, Shadow of a Doubt, 1981
P D James, Shroud for a Nightingale, 1973
Edward Candy, Bones of Contention, 1954
Christina Brand, Green for Danger, 1943
Lawrie Reznek, The Medicine Men, 1990
Robin Cook, Brain, 1985
and of course, Dr Watson in the Sherlock Holmes books....
Since 1990, what further medical mysteries - ?? Patricia Cornwell, and ... ?
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