Robin Cook's novel “Bellevue” is a thriller set in the present day, but itt hearkens often to the infamous New York City hospital’s controversial and storied past.

For novelist Robin Cook, who interned there in the 1960s, it's the perfect setting for his latest medical thriller. "Bellevue" is set in the present day, but hearkens often to the hospital's ...

Cook's first book sounding the health care alarm hit the ground with a thud and lay there in the dirt. "So I then decided to look into best-sellerdom in a way that was encouraged by my friends at ...