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Language English Media type Print/Audiobook ISBN 0-670-91274-3 Originally published 6 June 2002 Followed by The Minotaur Genres Mystery, Crime Fiction | 3.5/5 Goodreads Publication date 6 June 2002 Pages 400 pp (Hardback) OCLC 59395413 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Viking Press (UK), Crown Publishing Group (US) Similar Ruth Rendell books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Blood Doctor is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
Plot summary
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.
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