1993, ISBN: 9780449906378

N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. First edition, October 1993, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, one tiny nick, not price clipped, in protectiv… Mehr…

N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. First edition, October 1993, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, one tiny nick, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A William Monk title. "William Monk, tough, unhappy ex-policeman hero of several of the author's Victorian-era novels (The Face of a Stranger, etc.), is almost peripheral in this one. It concerns the murder of strong- willed Prudence Barrymore, a gifted nurse of good family, with heroic service in the Crimean War behind her. Working now in London's Royal Free Hospital, mostly with prominent surgeon Sir Herbert Stanhope, she is found, strangled, in a hospital laundry chute. Monk is hired by Lady Callandra Daviot, on the hospital's board of governors, to try to find the killer. He enlists the help of old friend Hester Latterly, another dedicated nurse, who takes a job in the hospital, hoping to ferret out useful information. Her efforts are largely unproductive, and matters seem hopeless until evidence comes to light that puts Sir Herbert on trial for the murder." -- Kirkus Review. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book., Fawcett Columbine, 1993, 5<

1993, ISBN: 9780449906378

383 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the auth… Mehr…

383 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. In a London hospital, Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had once been the one of Florence Nightingale's angels of mercy in the Crimean War, meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime--which intuition tells him was no random stroke of violence by a madman. Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester Latterly, another of Miss Nightingale's nurses, and barrister Oliver Rathbone, Monk assembles a portrait of the remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil that darkens every level of society, and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past--Publisher's description. Condition: Signed on the title page else a near fine copy in like jacket., Fawcett Columbine, 1993, 4<

1993, ISBN: 9780449906378

Fawcett, Gebundene Ausgabe, Publiziert: 1993-08-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.75 kg, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Unterhaltungsliteratur,… Mehr…

Fawcett, Gebundene Ausgabe, Publiziert: 1993-08-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.75 kg, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Fawcett, 1993<