Shroud for a nightingale
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Published:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Touchstone paperback edition.
Physical Desc:
363 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780743219600, 0743219600, 9780743219600 (pbk.), 0743219600 (pbk.)

Notes

General Note
Original copyright date 1971.
General Note
"An Adam Dalgliesh mystery"--Cover.
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
Description
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.
Description
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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APA Citation (style guide)

James, P. D. (2001). Shroud for a nightingale. First Touchstone paperback edition. New York, Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

James, P. D. 2001. Shroud for a Nightingale. New York, Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

James, P. D, Shroud for a Nightingale. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2001.

MLA Citation (style guide)

James, P. D. Shroud for a Nightingale. First Touchstone paperback edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2001.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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