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The Private Patient [Signed]
by P.D. James
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0571242448
- ISBN 13
- 9780571242443
- Seller
-
SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 2008. First printing, signed copy. Fine in dust-wrapper. Other signed P D James titles available. Extra postage outside the UK.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.
Synopsis
Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation and a pleasant week recuperating.Two days later she was dead, the victim of murder.To Commander Adam Dalgliesh, who with his team is called in to investigate the case, the mystery at first seems absolute. Few things about it make sense. Yet as the detectives begin probing the lives and backgrounds of those connected with the dead woman--the surgeon, members of the manor staff, close acquaintances--suspects multiply all too rapidly. New confusions arise, including strange historical overtones of madness and a lynching 350 years in the past. Then there is a second murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself confronted by issues even more challenging than innocence or guilt.P. D. James has gained an enviable reputation for creating detective stories of uncommon depth and intricacy, combined with the sort of humanity and perceptiveness found only in the finest novelists. The Private Patient ranks among her very best.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010842
- Title
- The Private Patient [Signed]
- Author
- P.D. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571242448
- ISBN 13
- 9780571242443
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Dalgliesh Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime;
Terms of Sale
Nigel Sustins Books
Any book may be returned for a refund if we are notified within 14 days of receipt. All books well-packaged in custom-made boxes and bubble-wrapped.
About the Seller
Nigel Sustins Books
Biblio member since 2006
SHREWSBURY, Shropshire
About Nigel Sustins Books
We sell rare and second-hand books on a variety of subjects including: modern firsts, crime fiction, children's, art, topography, travel, illustrated.
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