Shroud for a Nightingale, P. D. James
Shroud for a Nightingale, P. D. James
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Shroud for a Nightingale

Author: P. D. James

Narrator: Penelope Dellaporta

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2009


Synopsis

P.D. James is “the greatest living mystery writer.”–People

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.

The New York Times called Shroud for a Nightingale “mystery at its best.”

About The Author

P. D. James was the author of twenty books, many of which feature her detective hero Adam Dalgliesh and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipient of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, and in 1991 was created Baroness James of Holland Park. She died in 2014.


Reviews

The novel "Shroud for a Nightingale" has nothing to do with "The Lady with the Lamp" or the Nightingale from the women's intelligence network, sung by Kristina Hanna. Although the echoes of the events of the Second World War will play a significant role here, and the place of action will be a nursin......more

Goodreads review by Tim

Mε αυτό το μυθιστόρημα, το οποίο ήταν υποψήφιο για βραβείο Edgar Καλύτερου Μυθιστορήματος και τιμήθηκε με το Βραβείο Silver Dagger 1971, η Τζέιμς αποδεικνύει ότι είναι μια γνήσια συγγραφική 'απόγονος' της Άγκαθα Κρίστι. Μόνο που οφείλω να υπογραμμίσω ότι σε αντίθεση με τη Κρίστι, η οποία δίνει μεγάλ......more