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The Private Patient Audio Book
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The Private Patient
Author:
P.D. James
Reader: Rosalyn Landor
Wealth can't postpone death in this private Dorset nursing home for the rich. But perhaps wealth was what drew the murderer here. Wealth... and something else. Investigating, Scotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgliesh discovers so many motives that the air becomes clouded with suspicion and fear. Winner of a Listen Up award from Publishers Weekly. 14th in the series. "Landor's lovely, well-bred tones add warmth, color, and precision to this fully-rounded, compassionatelytold mystery... In every way, this a perfect auditory experieince."—Publishers Weekly
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Publish Date: 11/18/2008
ISBN: 9780739376911
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Synopsis:
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The murder of a journalist at a plastic surgery clinic in Dorset confounds Commander Adam Dalgliesh in this exemplary entry into her canon by bestselling author P.D. James. Investigations into the doctor and other staff at the clinic, as well as the victim's past, do nothing to simplify the mystery, which seems tied to 350-year-old violences. And then there is another murder....With her trademark subtlety, James gives us another wholly satisfying piece of fiction.
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Author Bio:
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P. D. James always dreamed of being a writer as a child, but her plans were temporarily waylaid by World War II and a subsequent successful career in civil service. She joined the Red Cross at the outset of the war and married Ernest White in 1941. Though they had two daughters together, their marriage was marred by chronic mental disturbances that her husband suffered after the war, which eventually led to his death. From 1949 to 1968, James worked in a hospital in London, but never forgot her first passion. In 1962 she published her first novel, "Cover Her Face", which featured Detective Adam Dalgliesh, the cultured, sensitive protagonist for which she is best known. Other critically acclaimed novels include the bestseller "Innocent Blood" (1980) and "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" (1972), one of the first mysteries to feature a female investigator who is portrayed as capable of leading a dangerous investigation. James remained devoted to her career in civil service, working in the police department from 1968 to 1979 and serving on a variety of literary and arts councils after her retirement.
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