The Private Patient [electronic resource]
James, P. D.2008
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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. Adam 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.? A chilling and atmospheric work of detective fiction, The Private Patient is the fourteenth novel to feature the inspector protagonist Adam Dalgliesh, from the award-winning author of Children of Men, Death Comes to Pemberley and The Murder Room.
Main title:
The Private Patient [electronic resource] / P. D. James
Author:
James, P. D., Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Faber & Faber, 2008
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Inspector Adam Dalgliesh
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011). James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.
Awards:
Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America)Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Award (Crime Writers’ Association)The New York Times Best Seller List (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9780571246793
Language:
English
BRN:
2896071
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