The Private Patient - Rilegato

James, P. D.

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ISBN 10: 0571242448 ISBN 13: 9780571242443

Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2008

Riassunto

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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Descrizione del libro:

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.

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Faber And Faber Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0571242448
• ISBN 13: 9780571242443
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416