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When an emergency operation results in the death of an influential English politician, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's investigation follows, which takes him from 10 Downing Street to a lover's hideaway. Reprint.
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For an unlucky member of parliament, a hospital stay is the unkindest cut of all...When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes.
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