Medicine Cup—Dorian Gray meets the medical thriller in bestseller Clem's latest scare-fest when RN Paul Grant discovers that peaceful Harbor View Nursing Home is not what it seems. After a resplendent welcome, he learns a terrifying secret looms at Harbor View. Gradually at first and then at a quickening pace Paul's world becomes one mysterious event after another as unexplained deaths become more than coincidence. He soon learns that his new employer has a dark side, which plunges him into a nightmare threatening Paul's very survival. His quest for the truth will take him from the picturesque countryside of Cutting, Vermont, all the way to the deepest reaches of the Amazon jungle. And in the end, he must confront the evil before he is consumed by it...

Microbe—In 1947, the U.S. Army left behind a secret when they closed Ft. Miles, Delaware. A threat so deadly, they buried it 1000 feet down in the Atlantic Ocean. Now, sixty years later, an oil rig drilling off the coast of Delaware has hit something. Within hours, crew members are dying from a mysterious illness that kills unmercifully. On the opposite coast, Justin Flannigan, an estranged epidemiologist is visited by the director of the CDC who convinces him to come to Delaware to investigate the bizarre illness. But shortly after he begins his investigation, he gets another visit. This time from an eccentric old man who claims to know the origin of the deadly contagion, and soon, Justin begins to suspect there is more to it than what first appeared. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. As the illness spreads to the general population, Justin realizes that this one old man may hold the key not only to his survival, but to the survival of the entire planet.

		Bill Clem – RIVALS THE BEST WORK OF CRICHTON or COOK Bill Clem, RN, is the author of the forthcoming The Hospital (2010), Replica, Immortal, Medicine Cup, Microbe, Bliss, Diencephalon, They All Fall Down, Presidential Donor, Skin Deep, and A Brief Interval. He has spent the last twenty-five years working at hospitals in Delaware and Maryland. My writing career... I wrote my first novel in 1996 while working in a hospital in Easton, Maryland. It was called Presidential Donor. I was reading a lot at the time and finding that many of the books left me disappointed. So I decided I was going to try to write something that I liked. I was working weekends at the time and spending the night at the hospital, so between shifts I had time to write. As my ideas began to take shape, I found myself writing little snippets of scenes and bits of dialog between taking care of patients. In fact, the first few chapters of Presidential Donor were written in that hospital on the back of my nurses’ notes. Two years later, I completed the first draft. After I realized it was awful, I immersed myself in every book I could find on writing and publishing. I also began writing my second novel, Skin Deep. Armed with my new knowledge, I rewrote Presidential Donor and sent it to a dozen agents who all sent back rejection letters. Determined not to give up, I finished Skin Deep while simultaneously working on improving Presidential Donor. I sent out Skin Deep to thirty publishers and received twenty-nine rejection letters. But on number thirty, someone finally said yes. Skin Deep was published in 2006 and shortly thereafter, Presidential Donor followed. Soon, my third book was finished and in print. Now, four years later, I’m about to release my eleventh novel and have several more planned for 2010. Besides writing, I’m still a practicing RN and am busy raising two teenage daughters with my wife, Susan. »Member International Thriller Writers »See All Bill Clem Audiobooks »Visit his website at www.billclem.com Note: According to Bill's website, he suffered a severe stroke in February 2010. He is recuperating and in rehabilitation at Bryn Mawr Rehab. All of us at Speaking Volumes and his fans wish him well and a speedy recovery to full health.

Doug Hamilton has a very wide range. Does 'right on' impressions and characters, while being an excellent announcer, too. Doug has done national voice-over and on-camera commercials, has literally thousands of credits of all kinds. In over 30 years of performing, Doug has done voice and on-camera work for commercials, corporate and industrial training. He's fast, accurate, technology and automotive savvy, and always easy to work with.

Doug Hamilton started when he was 12 years old at an NPR station summer program in Flint, Michigan. The voice talent-to-be even started his high school radio station. He went to college and began working on the air in the Flint market. He soon was hired by Detroit area stations. Doug met his wife Da Marie Boyer, a newsperson, started his own studio and has worked full time doing voice and on-camera work for the last 25 years.

Orlando Sentinel
[A] frantic-paced, pulse-pounding thriller that rivals the best works of Crichton or Cook. The action-packed adventure takes readers on an exciting adventure that feels perilously real. Medicine Cup is one reading experience that the audience will never forget.

Booklist
This is pretty great stuff... Clem has a knack for spinning a suspenseful yarn.

BookPage
The best astrobiological thriller since The Andromeda Strain.

Philadelphia Book Review
Cliff hangers, thrilling cat-and-mouse maneuvers, romance, science, murder, and action. GO!

NJ Sunday Star Ledger
Well-constructed and a fine read... with admirable gusto.