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'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times

When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into a private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But won't leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate the murder, and later a second death, which raises far more complicated problems than merely the question of innocence or guilt...
'An exercise in impeccable detection.' New York Times

'James's skill as a yarn-spinner gives plenty of suspense to this intriguing mystery.' Financial Times

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• Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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• Print Length: 364 Pages
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