Dr. Nightingale Comes Home

by Lydia Adamson

Book Overview

- The book that launched the Dr. Deirdre Quinn Nightingale series! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451178726
• ISBN13: 9780451178725
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Not too bad for a first effort.

This is definitely a different series, and there are all kinds of different animals that the vet Deirdre Quinn looks after in her small rural New York practice. This is a different take on sleuthing, as Ms. Quinn uses her veterinarian knowledge to solve mysteries. In this book, one of her friends seems to have been killed by wild dogs when he supposedly fell into a drunken stupor one night, but Deirdre knows its murder, and she needs to prove that to the police in order to get help to catch a killer. This series shows some promise, and I'm hoping that some of the characters will "flesh out" in subsequent books. If I have one criticism it was that the characters are not multi-dimensional. I will continue to read the series though because I love the animal angle.

Different is good

Dr. Nightingale Comes Home is full of interesting charachters with the major themes of loving animals and good friends. The lead charachter is not perfect and quite edgy with people which makes her an interesting heroin. I enjoyed the book but it was not a page turner that I stayed up late to read.

Vets Solve Murders Too!

This book is the first in the series about Dr. Deidre Quinn Nightingale, a vet in rural New York. Dr. Nightingale has come home following the death of her mother, and plans to set up a vet practice in the home that her mother willed her. She has also "inherited" several members of her mother's previous household staff and they play a large role in the series. In this book, Dr. Nightingale investigates the untimely death of her old friend, Dick Obey. She soon learns it was murder, and uses her skills with animals to help her solve the case.I liked this first book in the series enough to continue to read further books in the series, although I felt that Dr. Nightingale was at first glance, a not very "lovable" sleuth. However, I feel that her character grows on the reader, and I have found (after reading several of the other books in the series) that she develops more strength and depth of character with each new book. Otherwise, I found the mystery interesting, and am looking forward to seeing more of Dr. Nightingale. Enjoy!

A great new series

Follow Dr. Nightingale on her various rounds with the animals. Finds out her friend Dick Obey is dead. She thinks someone killed him. Now it is more than animals that you are following her for. She is busy searching for clues to prove it. Was surprised at whodunit. Great start to a new series.

An engrossing and suspenseful murder mystery

Didi Quinn Nightingale has just moved her vetrinary practice to her late mother's house. But once there finds out that her friend Dick Obey died under terrible circumstances. But Didi suspects foul play. She takes you along on a wild ride of mystery, suspense. It keeps you guessing throughout the entire book. I never suspected the person who did it, but you'll have to read to find out yourself!