Tincture of Murder

Was Sunnydene a normal, well-conducted nursing home? If Dr. Kahn’s five patients had been murdered, how had the crimes been covered up? Were the deaths really natural?
The intimate glimpses which it affords of general practice, of the worries and troubles which beset a family doctor, are cleverly interwoven into the mystery.

 

First published: 1951

Tincture of Murder

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