...this cliche. The villain in his latest novel ''The Patient'' is -- you guessed it -- a patient. His name is Claude Malloche, and he takes readers as well as his fellow characters in the novel on a roller-coaster ride of terror. In "The...

...helped develop ARTIE, a robot that, when perfected, will help surgeons perform delicate brain surgery. Meanwhile, Claude Malloche, a terrorist for hire, has learned he has an inoperable brain tumor. Surgeons Malloche has consulted would not...