The private patient / P.D. James
2008, First Edition. London : Faber & Faber. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 395 pages; Physical desc. : 395 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Police - England - Fiction. Murder - Investigation - Fiction. Dalgliesh, Adam (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Crime & mystery. Summary: When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and the beginning of a new life. She was never to leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate the murder, and later a second death, which are to raise even more complicated problems than the question of innocence or guilt. Item #183530
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