P.D. James The Private Patient

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When notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into an exclusive clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, followed by a week’s peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset’s most beautiful manor houses & the beginning of a new life. She was never to leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh & his team are swiftly called in to investigate, but when a second death occurs, the situation raises an even more complicated problem than the question of innocence or guilt... Displaying all P. D. James’ distinctive richness of characterisation & vivid evocation of place, The Private Patient, read by Michael Jayston, is a powerful, dark & thrilling mystery that ranks among her finest novels.