Author: P. D. James
Year: 2016
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Mystery, Short Stories, Fiction, Crime, Thriller
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9781524708924
1524708925 |
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Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment."
The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder . . . A best-selling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier . . . Dalgliesh's godfather implores him to reinvestigate a notorious murder that might ease the godfather's mind about an inheritance, but which will reveal a truth that even the supremely upstanding Adam Dalgliesh will keep to himself. Each of these stories is as playful as it is ingeniously plotted, the author's sly humor as evident as her hallmark narrative elegance and shrewd understanding of some of the most complex--not to say the most damning--aspects of human nature. A treat for P. D. James's legions of fans and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfully wrought whodunit.
From the Hardcover edition.
This book is part of the "Adam Dalgliesh" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Private Patient"
First published in 2008
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 | "The Lighthouse"
First published in 2005
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 | "The Murder Room"
First published in 2003
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 | "Death in Holy Orders"
First published in 2001
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 | "A Certain Justice"
First published in 1997
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 | "Original Sin"
First published in 1994
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 | "Devices and Desires"
First published in 1989
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 | "A Taste for Death"
First published in 1986
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 | "The Black Tower"
First published in 1975
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 | "Unnatural Causes"
First published in 1967
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 | "A Mind to Murder"
First published in 1963
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 | "Cover Her Face"
First published in 1962
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 | "Innocent House"
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