Claire Rayner

First Blood

The chief pathologist for a large urban police department is on the spot. Her first big case is a very famous--and a very dead--bestselling author. The media circus and her superiors are all waiting for her to fail, but George is determined to prove her mettle. The only problem is that there doesn't seem to be any cause of death.

The man admitted to casualty was a Polish seaman - an emergency - in urgent need of an abdominal operation. Four hours later, he died 'accidentally'. From then on, the 'accidents' became more frequent - and more violent.

Death on the Table

Im Royal Hospital zu London häufen sich rätselhafte Todesfälle. Die verantwortlichen Ärzte sind ratlos. Noch zögert Sir James, der Leiter des angesehenen Hospitals, die Polizei einzuschalten. Doch dann überstürzen sich die Ereignisse, und schließlich steht jeder, vom Chefarzt bis zur jüngsten Krankenschwester, unter Mordverdacht ... (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)

Kriminalroman

Mord im OP

Tony Fisher

The Legacy & the Inheritance

The Strand

Dr Barnabas is the new pathologist at a big inner city hospital. She is also a police surgeon - and the first woman to hold either post. Her first post-mortem is on a well-known author, with all the attendant media circus. But trouble starts when she cannot find a cause of death.

Dr Paul Martin wanted to marry Sister Harriet Brett, but she had different ideas. Trained as a nurse, Claire Rayner turned to writing in the 1960s. Since then, she has written almost 90 books on a broad range of subjects.

Children's Ward

Året er 1905. Letty Lackland er af sin mor blevet presset til at læse til læge, men da hun møder skuespilleren Luke O'hare, forlader hun sine studier for at skabe sig en karriere på scenen. Hendes beslutning medfører en del uro i familien, der breder sig som ringe i vandet. Letty bliver involveret i både teater og filmarbejde og viser stadig større interesse for suffragette-bevægelsen. Men da hun er ved at miste Luke til den smukke Jessica, opdager hun, at total uafhængighed alligevel ikke er det, hun ønsker. Claire Rayner er født i London i 1932. Hun er uddannet sygeplejerske og har arbejdet på flere forskellige hospitaler i London. Hendes store interesse for medicinske og sociale spørgsmål har resulteret i et stort antal artikler og fagbøger. "Slægten Lackland" er hendes store gennembrud som skønlitterær forfatter. Claire Rayners krønike over Lackland-slægten strækker sig fra begyndelsen af 1800-tallet til langt op i det tyvende århundrede. Serien består af 12 bind, der både kan læses enkeltvis og i forlængelse af hinanden.

Teaterblod

El cuerpo humano

Young Bridget Preston was a rather lonely girl who, as an orphan, had spent most of her life in boarding school. Her first venture into the wide world was to apply to the Royal to learn nursing. When she began her student training at the Royal, she was delighted to be included in the social life of the hospital, and even more excited to find that the charismatic surgeon, Josh Simpson, was showing such an interest in her...

The Lonely One

The House on the Fen

It is no secret that happiness was spread a bit thinly in Claire Rayner's far from easy childhood. She was born in Stepney, East London, in the early thirties during the Depression and was evacuated during the war. She chose nursing as a career, lying about her age in order to enrol as a cadet in the Epsom Cottage Hospital in Surrey, after which she studied at the Royal Northern, winning their gold medal for achievement. Thus began a lifetime's passion for proper medical care for all, a passion that has made her one of Britain's most important and successful campaigners. She is a patron of more than sixty social and charitable organisations. But it is as advice columnist extraordinaire that she is most famous. A career that began in 1963 on Hers magazine was followed by columns in The Sun and later the Sunday Mirror. At one point she was receiving 1000 letters a week. Working from home, with six secretaries, she read ever single letter that came to her.

How Did I Get Here from There?

London i oktober 1946. Kriget är äntligen slut och människorna har påbörjat den mödosamma vägen tillbaka mot ett liv i fred. Alla är trötta och slitna men ändå fulla av hopp. Båda familjerna Lackland och Lucas har fått utstå oerhört lidande och Peter Lackland är bara en skugga av sig själv. När ett sönderbombat sjukhus saknar pengar till återuppbyggnaden ordnar den berömda regissören Letty Lackland en pengainsamling. Gamla och nya generationer möts i denna sista del av Lackland-sagan då cirkeln sluts. Claire Rayner (1932-2010) var utbildad sjuksköterska och arbetade på flera olika sjukhus i London. Hennes stora intresse för medicinska och sociala frågor resulterade i ett stort antal artiklar och fackböcker. "Släkten Lackland" är hennes stora genombrott som skönlitterär författare. Claire Rayners krönika över Lackland-släkten sträcker sig från början av 1800-talet till långt in på 1900-talet. Serien består av 12 delar som både kan läsas fristående och kronologiskt.

Cirkeln sluts

Sophie Lackland is the granddaughter of the great surgeon, Abel Lackland. She is twenty-one, alone in the world and virtually penniless. A letter tells her of the death of her step-grandmother and of a strange bequest. This legacy could make it possible to fulfil her ambition of becoming a doctor. Sophie sets off for London to a new life and to meet her Lackland relatives. She also meets the charming and passionate Gilbert Stacey...

Charing Cross (Book 7 of The Performers)

London in the Blitz. Poppy is a mature and capable woman. She struggles to enable her family to lead normal lives. The problems they create are known to all mothers-a daughter torn between two men and a difficult and headstrong stepdaughter. It is a time of fear and uncertainty but love and passion grow amidst the devastation.

Claire Rayner

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