Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, booked into a private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a facial scar, she expected a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon and a week's convalescence in a beautiful manor house. She was never to leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate, but when a second murder occurs, the situation raises an even more complicated problem than the question of innocence or guilt. An eagerly awaited new detective novel from P. D. James, displaying her distinctive richness of characterisation, vivid evocation of place and thrilling mystery.