Author: JAMES, P. D.
Title: The private patient / P.D. James
Description: London : Faber & Faber 2008. First Edition. 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.Weight in Kg appr.:

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