Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.'New York TimesAdam Dalgliesh. I've heard of him - ruthless,unorthodox,and working always against time.When the body of Sally Jupp is discovered in her bedroom - the door bolted from the inside - the occupants of Martingale house are sure that the blame for this unthinkable crime will fall on an unknown intruder. But each of them is hiding something. And there's only one man who can sift through the layers of deceit and pretence to unmask the true murderer: Detective Chief-Inspector Adam Dalgleish.'A cunningly compulsive work...Heart-pounding.'Sunday Times'One of those extraordinary first novels which seem to step straight into the sophisticated preserves of the experienced writer.'Guardian
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571350773Number of pages: 288Weight: 243 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mmEdition: Main
P. D. James
P.D. James,who passed in 2014,was instrumental in bringing a contemporary,literary edge to British crime writing. With twisting plots to match the probing intelligence of her key protagonist Adam Dalgliesh,from 1962's Cover Her Face onward James challenged and exceeded the genre. 1972's An Unsuitable Job for a Woman took James into the murky realms of the private detective and 1992's Children of Men even saw the author journey into near-future science fiction with assured results.
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