Medical thrillers, like any other literal works of fiction contribute a great deal in nurturing empathy amongst their readers. Medicine being a career that entails working with people, empathy is needed more in it than almost in any other profession known. Doctors work on patients in all conditions, critical and non-critical, emergencies and chronic conditions. It is imperative to note that doctors are the best story-tellers for all their job is bound by ‘clerking patients’ which involves ‘history-taking’.