# Shroud for a Nightingale - Paperback

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by **P. D. James** (Author)

**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. _Dalgliesh_ is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel--now in its third season!**

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.

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 0.82 x 8.08 x 5.25 IN

**Publication Date:** September 11, 2001

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers, Women Sleuths

## Variants

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