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The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries)

Author: P.D. James
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 2008-11-18
ISBN: 0307270777

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ISBN13: 9780307270771
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries)
by: P.D. James

Editorial Review:

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.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Dull.:

I had to force myself to finish this book. There was no point at which I felt I couldn't put the book down. Simply put, I won't rush on to my next PD James' novel.

Glad to hear this isn't her best:

This is the first P.D. James novel I have ever read and am glad to see from reading the other reviews that this is not her finest. I thought she introduced too many characters (Frensham, Corsette, Flavia) that never really developed. Even in the last few (pointless!!) chapters, I was flipping back to the earlier chapters going, "Now who is that again?" P.D. James builds up the entire book for a twist that never comes. Even after the murder is revealed, I expected a better twist than some irrelevant love... more info

Dalgliesh in a different setting:

THE PRIVATE PATIENT, the newest Adam Dalgliesh novel, is the usual mix of characters, motives, secrets, and atmosphere that make P D James books a reliably good reading experience. Rhoda Gladwyn is the private patient who chooses to have a facial scar, received in childhood by her drunken father, removed after 34 years. She tells the celebrated surgeon, George Chandler-Powell. that she no longer "has need of it." She doesn't explain and she decides to have the surgery at Cheverell Manor, the private clinic... more info

P.D. James THE PRIVATE PATIENT:

I have read J.D.James' books many times before. This book is as exciting and full of suspense as are her other books. I like her style of writing. This book was A-okay !!

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