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[...]
Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals. Philippa quickly learns that those who delve into th[...]
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[...]
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In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage [...]
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.[...]
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by[...]
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 the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? [...]
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[...]
A secluded island off the Cornish coast, renowned for its history of bloody piracy, has become a retreat for under-pressure men and women in the upper echelons of society. But when one of their number is murdered in a grotesque fashion (his body found on the eponymous lighthouse), Adam Dalgliesh 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[...]
On 8 CD's. Unit sales of comparative title The Private Patient Unabridged (CD ISBN: 9781408410080) reached over 9.6k in the first 11 months of release. P. D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime [...]
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.[...]
Politiinspektør Adam Dalgliesh kommer til et avsidesliggende sted ved Englands østkyst for å få en hardt tiltrengt ferie. Men selv ikke her kan han ta seg fri fra jobben. En mystisk massemorder er nemlig på ferde i området: "Plystreren", som kveler unge kvinner. Og en natt skjer enda et mord -[...]
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 [...]
Philippa Palfrey ble adoptert som barn. Nå er hun fylt 18 år og ønsker å finne sine biologiske foreldre. Men foreldrene ble dømt for drap på et barn for ti år siden. Hennes far er død, moren skal snart løslates på prøve. Philippa bestemmer seg for å flytte sammen med moren. Men hun er ik[...]
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 [...]
Den behagelige og rolige tilværelsen på Martingalegodset blir rystet av et sjokkerende og kaldblodig mord. Førstebetjent Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard begynner å undersøke beboernes fortid. Dette er den første romanen om førstebetjent Adam Dalgliesh.[...]
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�[...]
Året er 1803. Det har gått seks år siden Darzy og Elizabeth giftet seg, og de har fått to sønner. Elizabeth er lykkelig. Men harmonien trues, og i forkant av det årlige høstballet dukker det opp gamle synder og misforståelser. Lydia, familiens svarte får, dukker uventet opp på Pimberley, o[...]
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[...]