The patient in Room 18 by Mignon G. Eberhart
"The Patient in Room 18" by Mignon G. Eberhart is a mystery novel written in the late 1920s. The story unfolds within the confines of St. Ann's Hospital, where an ominous reputation surrounds a specific patient room known as Room 18, notorious for its dark history of patient deaths. The narrative revolves around the main character, Sarah Keate, a nurse who finds herself embroiled in growing tensions within the hospital, including an
unsettling dinner party that presages a series of unsettling events. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the setting and characters during a dinner party hosted by Corole Letheny, the housekeeper for Dr. Letheny, a prominent physician at the hospital. As the evening unfolds amid heavy conversation about money and ambitions, Sarah and her colleague Maida Day are drawn into a sense of foreboding. Following the dinner, a storm brings a sudden blackout to the hospital, and Sarah discovers the unsettling death of a patient, Mr. Jackson, in Room 18. Complicating the mystery, the radium treatment meant for him has disappeared, raising the alarm that foul play is at hand, and thus sets in motion a chain of events filled with suspicion and intrigue, as the characters grapple with the sinister occurrences and their own intertwined lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996 |
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| Title | The patient in Room 18 |
| Alternate Title | The patient in Room Eighteen |
| Original Publication | United States: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Note | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patient_in_Room_18 |
| Credits | Brian Raiter |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Medical fiction |
| Subject | Nurses -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women detectives -- United States -- Fiction |
| Subject | Keate, Sarah (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75384 |
| Release Date | Feb 16, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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