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Can Vita Carew expose the truth behind a ruthless doctor and his lethal assistant, save an injured man, and escape unscathed with time to resume her vacation studying?

Seven more cases for HC Bailey's eclectic golden age sleuth Mr Reginald Fortune: surgeon, general practitioner, and advisor to Scotland Yard wherever surgery, medicine or kindred sciences can elucidate what is or is not crime. Including: a sudden death at Royal Ascot; a young doctor accused of a diamond theft; a strange country house burglary; an incident at the British Museum leading to a far darker crime; a vanished actress; and a diabolical murder at an orphanage, linked to an apparently accidental death and a near-fatal poisoning.

Corre el año 1997 cuando Rebeca Marín, hija de un militar de rango, decide presentarse a las pruebas de acceso de la Policía Nacional, contraviniendo los deseos de su madre. Tras superar el proceso selectivo, y pasar nueve meses en la escuela de Ávila, su primer destino es Barcelona. En unos días, un inspector con mala fama entre el resto de compañeros, aparece asesinado de un solo tiro en la cabeza.