num_pages: 259
description: Available for house calls-- and homicide...When cardiologist Dr. Andrew Fenimore isn't mending weak hearts, he's solving crimes in Philadelphia's wealthy Society Hill. But murder is the last thing the good doctor expects when he befriends a teenage boy trying to bury his dead cat. As the two dig a grave for the cat's final resting place in a vacant lot-- which happens to be an ancient burial ground-- they discover a fresh corpse, buried feet flexed, facing east, according to Lenape Indian tradition.Fenimore's P.I. pastime starts to become a distinct health hazard as he and his young sidekick follow the trail of the deceased young woman straight to the son of a colleague, one of Philadelphia's most prominent surgeons. Surely the scion of a fine old Philadelphia family and his Indian fiancee ignited some powerful passions. But are they enough to risk trying for the perfect murder in a place where civility rules with an iron fist in a velvet glove?
language: English
title: The Doctor Digs a Grave
titlecomplete: The Doctor Digs a Grave (Dr. Fenimore, #1)
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Cozy Mystery, Medical
ratings_count: 170
series: Dr. Fenimore
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: St Martins Pr