With all the qualities that P. D. James’s readers have come to expect: a masterly psychological and emotional richness of characterization, a vivid evocation of place and a credible and exciting mystery. When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr. Chandler-Powell’s private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring, long-standing facial scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week’s peaceful convalescence in one… source
Places
- Set atDowntown St. John's↗
Audrey returns from Oregon to St. John's after her father's accident — the city is the novel's centre of gravity.
CBC Books page for Come, Thou Tortoise; Jessica Grant is a native of St. John's. — source
