Original Sin
Author: P.D. James
The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at Peverell Press. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant new managing director whose ruthless ambition has made him many enemies. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate…..Read More
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In one of the most convoluted and difficult investigations of his career Inspector Dalgliesh and his assistant are called upon to investigate a crime that involves Sir Paul Berowne, a… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, England, Fiction In English 1945 Texts, Murder, Traditional Detective Mysteries
Devices And Desires
When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the… Continue Reading Posted in: Adam (Fictitious Character), Dalgliesh, Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery Fiction, Serial Killers, Traditional Detective Mysteries
Make Death Love Me
The manager of a tiny branch of the Anglican-Victoria bank, Alan Groombridge, is doomed to a life of domestic boredom and tedious routine, husband to a woman he doesn’t like,… Continue Reading Posted in: England London, English Fiction, Murder, Murder Thrillers
A Long Shadow: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries )
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Death of an Expert Witness
Dr. Lorrimer appeared to be the picture of a bloodless, coldly efficient scientist. Only when his brutally slain body is discovered and his secret past dissected does the image begin… Continue Reading Posted in: 1900, Murder Investigation, Police Procedurals, Student Collection, Traditional Detective Mysteries
Unnatural Causes
AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERYSuperintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk… Continue Reading Posted in: Private Investigator Mysteries, Traditional Detective Mysteries
The Black Tower
Unsettled by a brush with death and disenchanted with his job in the Force, Commander Adam Dalgliesh responds to an invitation to visit an old family friend, the chaplain at… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Police, Police Procedurals (Kindle Store), Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store), Women Detectives
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Death in Holy Orders
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The Private Patient
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing home for rich patients being treated by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery Fiction, Private Practice, Women Journalists
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