The Patient In Room 18

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? St. Ann's Hospital, located in an unnamed city in the U.S. Midwest, is the setting for this murder mystery. A patient mysteriously dies during a fierce thunderstorm, and it soon becomes clear that the death was a murder committed by one of a small circle of senior staff. As nurse Sarah Keate and detective Lance O'Leary work together to solve the mystery, the suspense builds and suspicion deepens until no one can be trusted. Published in 1929, The Patient in Room 18 is Mignon G. Eberhart's first novel, and the first of a series of seven featuring Sarah Keate, a no-nonsense nurse who happens to keep being drawn into murder mysteries, and alternately helps and hinders their investigations. It also introduces Captain Lance O'Leary, the detective who appears in several of the Sarah Keate novels. This novel was adapted into a film released in 1938. Mignon G. Eberhart (died 1996) was a significant literary figure of the 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. The golden age of detective fiction produced some of the most beloved and influential works in the literary canon. The Patient In Room 18 is a fine specimen of this tradition, combining ingenious plotting with richly drawn characters and an atmosphere of suspense that keeps readers turning pages.

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E-bog: 19. maj 2026