Title: The Light in the Ward
First published: 1965
Description: Catherine Newenden, a fourth-year nurse at St Martha's teaching hospital in London, is lent a mews flat by her wealthy cousin, who is on a visit to America. Catherine finds one of her neighbours to be Dr Andrew Lairg, the new head of the cardiac department at her hospital. Needless to say, their paths cross at frequent intervals, but always to the disadvantage of Catherine, who is fated to find herself in some very odd situations. The way in which these misunderstandings are eventually explained makes a story in which   Medical drama and romance are nicely blended.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Medical
People: Catherine Newenden, Dr Andrew Lairg