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Author | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Crime/Mystery novel |
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Viking (UK) Crown (US) |
Publication date
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6 June 2002 |
Media type | Print/Audiobook |
Pages | 400 pp (Hardback) |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 59395413 |
Preceded by | Grasshopper |
Followed by | The Minotaur |
The Blood Doctor is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
Lord Nanther embarks on a biography of his great-grandfather, the first Lord Nanther, physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and an expert on blood diseases. What he uncovers begins to horrify him as he realizes that Nanther died a guilty man - carrying an horrific secret to the grave.