Shroud for a Nightingale
by P. D. James
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimethrillerunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, layered mystery, heavy rather than light. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.
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- Author
- P. D. James
- Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 336
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- Open Library
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