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Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon, and his beautiful nurse, Jane Harden, are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary - and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead.

Within hours he does die, although the operation itself was a complete success, and Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn must find out why....

©1935 Ngaio Marsh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Cosy Crime Thrillers Detective Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime
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Excellent tale, well crafted, with a children’s story book feel to some of the dialogue, though none the worse for it. Well defined characters, and a nicely paced plot made it a great listen. The narrator did a great job too. I’ll be looking for more!

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The narrator was excellent and the story cracked along at a good pace, with well drawn characters. The thing that dated it the most was the eugenics aspect.....and even worse, the way Alleyn seemed rather in sympathy with it all. Very 1930s.

very enjoyable

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An excellent example of the Golden Age detective story, effectively read by an equally excellent actor

Golden Age story, well read

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great story. rattles along at a cracking pace. very hood narration. was easy to follow all the different characters. very enjoyable

cracking who dunnit

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Beautifully plotted, filled with interesting characters and topics of the day in the mid ‘30ies like anarchists, bolsheviks, and eugenics.
Wonderfully performed.

An elegant medical murder

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