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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
January 8, 2009
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781408410080
ISBN-10
1408410087
Dimensions
2 by 5.25 by 6 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$24.00
Other format details
audio
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #6) | The Guilty | Cover Her Face | Memory Man | The Murder Room | A Certain Justice | Death Comes to Pemberley | The Lighthouse
Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #6) | The Guilty | Cover Her Face | Memory Man | The Murder Room | A Certain Justice | Death Comes to Pemberley | The Lighthouse
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 womanâthe surgeon, members of the manor staff, close acquaintancesâsuspects 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.
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 womanâthe surgeon, members of the manor staff, close acquaintancesâsuspects 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.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (November 18, 2008)
9780307270771 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.75 × 10.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $25.95
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (September 16, 2008); titled "Private Patient"
9780307397782 | details & prices | 416 pages | List price $32.00
Paperback
1 reprint edition from Vintage Books (November 3, 2009)
9780307455284 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $16.00
Reprint edition from Random House of Canada Ltd (March 31, 2009); titled "The Private Patient: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery"
9780307397799 | details & prices | 465 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $21.00
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (November 18, 2008)
9780739328200 | details & prices | 561 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $25.95
from Gardners Books (January 1, 2004); titled "Private Patient"
9780571242450 | details & prices | List price $21.80
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
Miscellaneous
from Vintage Books (November 18, 2008)
9780307270931 | details & prices | 352 pages | List price $15.00
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (January 8, 2009)
9781408410080 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 2.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
With Rosalyn Landor (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (November 18, 2008)
9780739376911 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $44.95
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
About: Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.
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