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Name: Shroud for a Nightingale
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Author: P. D. James

📘 Shroud for a Nightingale by P. D. James

At Nightingale House, young women train to nurse and console the afflicted. The peaceful routine shatters when one student, playing a patient in a teaching exercise, is murdered with chilling brutality. A second student dies under similarly mysterious circumstances. Adam Dalgliesh, Scotland Yard's seasoned detective, is called to investigate these grisly crimes. As he probes into the shadowy motives behind the killings, Dalgliesh uncovers that a murderer has twisted the idea of 'prescription' into a lethal doctrine, threatening the safety of the entire school. In the bustling streets of London, Dalgliesh must separate fact from fear and bring the perpetrator to justice before another life is lost.

First publish date: 9881

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: P. D. James

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