Overview
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this gripping crime thriller a renowned plastic surgeon's private clinic becomes the chilling backdrop for murder. - Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV"[James is] a master. . . . Nothing is as it first appears." --The Boston Globe Cheverell Manor is a beautiful old house in Dorset, which its owner, the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell, uses as a private clinic. When the investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, arrives to have a disfiguring facial scar removed, she has every expectation of a successful operation and a peaceful week recuperating. But the clinic houses an implacable enemy and within hours of the operation Rhoda is murdered. Commander Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a case complicated by old crimes and the dark secrets of the past. But Before Rhoda's murder is solved, a second horrific death adds to the complexities of one of Dalgliesh's most perplexing and fascinating cases.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307455284
- ISBN-10: 0307455289
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: November 2009
- Dimensions: 7.94 x 5.3 x 0.82 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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