Murder mystery set in England

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Murder mystery set in England

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1leslidenise
Mar 17, 2019, 3:46 pm

A person has a cut or scratch and dies because the person treating the cut puts bacteria in it.
There is a love story in the book also.

2leslidenise
Mar 17, 2019, 8:53 pm

There is possibly a young doctor who comes to the town to replace the old doctor.

3MyriadBooks
Mar 18, 2019, 8:46 am

Around when did you read this? Recently? Many years ago?

Was the story setting contemporary?

4leslidenise
Mar 18, 2019, 11:59 am

I listened to the book some time in the last 2 years. I can’t find it in my listening history. I thought it was Agatha Christie but I can’t find one that matches. The main character could have been the young doctor. The story was told from the point of view of a person who was either new to the town or visiting. One character was a mother with an adolescent son who misbehaved. The main character also found a girlfriend.

5leslidenise
Mar 18, 2019, 12:03 pm

Not sure if it was contemporary. They had cars and electricity and probably telephones.

6MyriadBooks
Edited: Mar 18, 2019, 2:10 pm

Maybe look at the Christie work, Cards on the Table? It ends on a courtship and one of the deaths involves blood infection, but I have no idea if it matches the 'young doctor' detail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cards_on_the_Table

edit: Oh, Murder is Easy might fit better:
After inviting Humbleby round to her house, she cut his hand with scissors. She then applied a dressing to the wound, a dressing with pus seeping from her cat's ear; Humbleby dies a few days later from blood infection.
Zero young doctors, from what I see, but also ends on a courtship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Is_Easy

7leslidenise
Mar 18, 2019, 5:12 pm

It was Murder is Easy. That’s amazing how did you find it? Thank you. That was driving me crazy.

8MyriadBooks
Mar 22, 2019, 8:58 am

You're very welcome! This one was lucky Googling and your hint to Agatha Christie was a great clue. I found it using the keywords 'sepsis' and 'agatha christie'.