Penguin, 2009. 18x11x4cm. 2009. Broché. 512 pages. Chaque maison cache un secret les murs ont des oreilles mais la bouche cousue. Il faut poser longtemps la joue contre leur sein comme un docteur fiévreux pour les entendre respirer. A Dun-le-Palestel dans la Creuse la maison de famille du narrateur en a si gros sur le c?ur et tant à dire qu'on va la confesser pièce après pièce l'écouter se raconter souvenirs dérangés vérités arrangées les choses et les gens tels qu'ils furent les échos et les ombres qu'il en reste. Elle finira bien par lâcher cequ'elle sait. Elle sait l'histoire d'un père qui lui avait choisi de se taire english edition - l'article présente de légères marques de lecture et/ou de stockage mais du reste en bon état. Envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis France

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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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Bookseller: Démons & Merveilles (FR)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 64025
Title: The Private Patient
Author: James P D
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Unknown
ISBN 10: 0141044470
ISBN 13: 9780141044477
Publisher: Penguin
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2009
Pages: 512 pages

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