When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder.
With “discernment, depth, and craftsmanship,” wrote … craftsmanship,” wrote the Chicago Daily News, A Mind to Murder “is a superbly satisfying mystery.”
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P.D. James has been given the unofficial title, Queen of Crime, and after reading A Mind to Murder showed why she has earned this moniker.
A Mind to Murder began with the murder of Enid Bolam, the administrative head at the Steen Psychiatric Clinic in London. She had a chisel through her chest and a wooden phallic symbol in her arms. It appeared …
A Mind to Murder is the second book featuring P.D. James’ detective Adam Dalgliesh. Originally published in 1963, I listened to the audio version released in 2013. Crime fiction was a very different genre back in the early 1960’s, and a reader of today must take this into consideration when reading these older (classic) stories.
A Mind to Murder …