An edition of The Private Patient (2008)

Une mort esthétique

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An edition of The Private Patient (2008)

Une mort esthétique

roman

  • 2.8 (4 ratings) ·
  • 15 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

Quand la célèbre journaliste d'investigation Rhoda Gradwyn est admise dans la clinique privée du docteur Chandler-Powell pour faire disparaître une cicatrice qui la défigure depuis l'enfance, elle a pour perspective une opération réalisée par un chirurgien reconnu, une paisible semaine de convalescence, dans l'un des plus beaux manoirs du Dorset et le début d'une nouvelle vie. Pourtant, malgré le succès de l'intervention, elle ne quittera pas Cheverell Mannar vivante. Le commandant Dalgliesh et son équipe, appelés pour enquêter sur ce qui se révèle être un meurtre suivi d'une deuxième mort suspecte, se trouvent confrontés à des problèmes qui les conduiront bien au-delà de la simple recherche des coupables...

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597

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Cover of: Une mort esthétique
Une mort esthétique: roman
2011, Librairie générale française
in French
Cover of: The private patient
The private patient
2009, Faber
in English
Cover of: The Private Patient
The Private Patient
2009, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: De patiënte
De patiënte
2009, De Boekerij
in Dutch
Cover of: The Private Patient (Vintage)
The Private Patient (Vintage)
November 3, 2009, Vintage
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Cover of: Patienten (Dalgliesh)
Patienten (Dalgliesh)
2009-04-02, Wahlström & Widstrand
in Swedish
Cover of: Une mort esthétique
Une mort esthétique: roman
2009, Fayard
in French
Cover of: The Private Patient
The Private Patient
2008, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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The private patient
2008, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st ed.
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The private patient
2008, Alfred A. Knopf
in English

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Paris
Series
Le livre de poche : policier -- 31997

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Dewey Decimal Class
823

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Pagination
1 vol. (597 p.)
Number of pages
597

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OL28687020M
Internet Archive
unemortesthetiqu0000jame
ISBN 10
2253133744
ISBN 13
9782253133742
OCLC/WorldCat
762567035

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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.

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