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The Private Patient
A Mystery Novel by P.D. James
Book 14 of the Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Series
Subgenres:
- Crime Thriller,
- Medical Thriller,
- English Countryside
This book is for you if you're into...
- Murder mysteries set in secluded English manors
- Medical settings where every character has something to hide
- Investigations that dig up old secrets and past crimes
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this gripping crime thriller a renowned plastic surgeon's private clinic becomes the chilling backdrop for murder.
Cheverell Manor is a beautiful old house in Dorset, which its owner, the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell, uses as a private clinic. When the investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, arrives to have a disfiguring facial scar removed, she has every expectation of a successful operation and a peaceful week recuperating. But the clinic houses an implacable enemy and within hours of the operation Rhoda is murdered.
Commander Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a case complicated by old crimes and the dark secrets of the past. But before Rhoda's murder is solved, a second horrific death adds to the complexities of one of Dalgliesh's most perplexing and fascinating cases.
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