USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week. 1. “The Enemy of My Enemy” by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam, fiction, on sale Dec. 11) What it’s ...

Robin Cook is the pioneer that created a new category of fiction: a medical thriller, with his first novel Coma. Since then he has written 35 more. When our books landed on a "10 best" list of novels ...

With his thrillers, author Robin Cook typically tries to educate the public about a major scientific topic of the day. Putnam/Riverhead Publicity The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Robin Cook, credited as the inventor of the medical thriller, was a doctor who never set out to be a writer but he just wanted to find a way to explain medical issues to people in ...

Author and medical doctor Robin Cook vaulted onto the literary scene in 1977 with his much acclaimed medical thriller, "Coma." It was the first of 28 books, all of which became best sellers. "Coma," ...