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Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime fiction of all time. 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...
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Inspector Alleyn doesn't rule out foul play when a politician dies on the operating table. There are more than enough people who wanted to see the man dead. Alleyn must follow a convoluted path from 10 Downing Street to an illicit love nest to find the one suspect with the hidden agenda of murder. **MASS MARKET PAPER**
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