The Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good) 1899-1996 creator text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patient_in_Room_18 Release date is 2025-02-16 Brian Raiter Originally published: United States: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 Detective and mystery stories Medical fiction Nurses -- Fiction Women detectives -- United States -- Fiction Keate, Sarah (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS United States: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101865748 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75384 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101865748 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75384 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134738.0 75384