Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a tw[...]

British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's "Queen of Crime." Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yar[...]

The untimely death of a young priest in training draws Commander Adam Dalgliesh back to East Anglia to investigate at the request of the young man's father, as Dalgliesh finds himself drawn into a complex and violent mystery. Reissue. 15,000 first printing.[...]

Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.
Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of p[...]

When two men are discovered with their throats cut in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, the police are faced with an intriguing challenge. For one of the victims was ex-Government minister Sir Paul Berowne, the other Harry Mack, a local tramp and alcoholic. For Commander Adam Dalgliesh, the case is[...]

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to pay a visit to the young man's theological college, St Anselm's, a place he kn[...]

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustee...[...]

Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P.D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P.D. James In Her Own WordsThis collection includes:Cover Her Face P.D. James' debut novel, introducing her famous detective Adam Dalgliesh. Starring Robin Ellis as Dalgliesh.A Taste for Death Dalgliesh investigates[...]

Den gamle direktøren i Peverells forlag er nettopp død. Gerard Etienne har tatt over og har på kort tid skaffet seg en rekke fiender. Når han blir funnet drept i forlaget er det derfor ingen mangel på mistenkte. Dette er den niende romanen om Adam Dalgliesh.[...]

Øya Combe ligger utenfor kysten av Cornwall. Her kan høgt ansette personer trekke seg tilbake fra rampelyset og ta ferie i ro og fred. Freden blir imidlertid brutt da en av de besøkende dør på bisart vis. Førstebetjent Adam Dalgliesh får i oppdrag å løse mysteriet raskt og diskré. Han har [...]

Sir Ronald Callender ansetter detektiven Cordelia Gray for å undersøke omstendighetene rundt sønnens antatte selvmord. Cordelia setter seg inn i hemmelighetene til Callender-familien, og finner ut at Sir Ronalds sønn hadde mange gode venner og en dødelig fiende. Dette er den første romanen om [...]

Englands krimdronning leker med genrene og gjenskaper Jane Austens univers fra "Stolthet og fordom" i sin nye roman. Darcy og Elizabeth har vært gift i seks år, og de har fått to sønner. Lykken er fullkommen. Men så trues harmonien av gamle synder og misforståelser. Kvelden før det årlige h�[...]

Skuespillerinnen Clarissa Lisle er forfengelig, bortskjemt og vakker. Men hun er redd. Hun mottar drapstrusler per anonyme brev. På en isolert øy utenfor Englands østkyst er en gruppe mennesker samlet. De har én ting felles: Alle har grunn til å hate Clarissa. Den unge privatdetektiven Cordelia[...]