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The Private Patient (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

The Private Patient (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

by P.D.James (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 28 Aug 2008
ISBN 10: 0571242448
ISBN 13: 9780571242443
Book Overview: Set in the beautiful Dorset countryside, The Private Patient by P.D. James is the fourteenth novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series and a thrilling work of detective fiction from the bestselling author of Death Comes To Pemberley and Children of Men.

Media Reviews
Although she tackles contemporary social issues with relish, James will still use old-fashioned narrative devices dating back to the golden age of crime fiction. That's because they still work. - Calgary Herald Her skill and vitality are not diminished . . . The Private Patient is classic James. - Scotsman This is a book about the way we live now . . . James brings a stinging clarity to the complicated goings-on in the Dorset countryside - The Sunday Times Elegantly phrased, plot-driven, multi-layered and laced with menace. - Observer P. D. James -- in the eyes of many admirers the world's finest living crime novelist. - The Windsor Star From the Hardcover edition.
Author Bio
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.