Shroud for a Nightingale

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Mystery in a nurse's training, sinister deaths.

"Shroud for a Nightingale" would resonate with you if you're drawn to intelligently crafted mysteries that delve beyond surface intrigue. P. D. James isn't just about the whodunit; she's about the why and the how, weaving a psychological complexity into her narrative that elevates it above your standard detective fare. With her attention to character depth and a twisty plot, James ensures that as you close the book, you'll do so with a satisfying click of pieces falling into place.

  • CWA Silver Dagger (1971)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (1972)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Shroud for a Nightingale

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ISBN: 9780571204052
Authors: P.D. James
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date of Publication: 2002-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 26188 readers)

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Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series. 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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Mystery in a nurse's training, sinister deaths.

"Shroud for a Nightingale" would resonate with you if you're drawn to intelligently crafted mysteries that delve beyond surface intrigue. P. D. James isn't just about the whodunit; she's about the why and the how, weaving a psychological complexity into her narrative that elevates it above your standard detective fare. With her attention to character depth and a twisty plot, James ensures that as you close the book, you'll do so with a satisfying click of pieces falling into place.

  • CWA Silver Dagger (1971)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (1972)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.