The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries : The Nursing Home Murder, Death In A White Tie, Final Curtain

For an unlucky member of parliament, a hospital stay is the unkindest cut of all...When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes. The Home Secretary, with an air of finality, laid down the papers from which he had been reading and glanced round the table.