gsisk reviewed on 11/28/2010 + 193 more book reviews

Investigative reporter Rhoda Gradwyn does not have a lot of friends due to her profession. She finally decides to have a disfiguring scar removed in the private clinic of Dr. Chandler-Powell. The operation was a success, but Ms. Gradwyn is murdered the following night.

AS usual you find out that there are several people who might have wanted Rhoda dead: Dr. Chandler-Powell's private clinic employs an aide with a dark past - Rhoda was seen talking to her and could have exposed her secret. The doctor just ended an affair with his head nurse - did she murder Rhoda to damage the clinic's reputation and ruin her ex-lover financially? Rhoda's boy-toy who sponged off her financially might have murdered her to inherit some real money (or was he her boy-toy?). Then there is the sister of the anesthesiologist who both live on the premises, and who harbors a grudge against Rhoda, because of an article she wrote years ago.

This was an enjoyable read, but it dragged a bit; I did not like it as much as I usually like PD James's work.

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