"Nano" (Putnam), by Robin Cook: Ever since his debut as a medical thriller writer more than 30 years ago, Robin Cook, M.D., has used everything from organ transplants to alien viruses as the subject ...

BELLEVUE. By Robin Cook. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 352 pages. $30. The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror from the likes of H.P.

The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and served as the model for Arkham Asylum in ...

The titles are pithy — just one evocative, slightly unsettling word. "Coma." "Outbreak." "Contagion." "Pandemic." And now, "Viral." The stories are page-turners from the "How could it get worse?" ...

Robin Cook’s latest novel, “Host,” is the story of a frightening moneymaking scheme that leaves patients brain-dead. “Host” mirrors the plot of 1977’s “Coma” but with new characters. In this story, ...