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P. D. James
An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
The Private Patient
The Private Patient
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn checks into Cheverell Manor, a Dorset country house turned private cosmetic surgery clinic, to have a disfiguring facial scar removed. Two days after a successful operation she is murdered, and Commander Adam Dalgliesh must untangle the secrets of the surgeon, staff and visitors at the manor — a case shadowed by a centuries-old local history of cruelty.