Author: pdjames
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost … almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk…
Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series. The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies … killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.more
From a New York Times bestselling author comes “one of the most compelling books of her remarkable career” (The Seattle Times). When detective Adam Dalgliesh investigates a bizarre crime on a remote island, he faces a threat more insidious than murder… “Should be treated as a gift by mystery fans everywhere” (Booklist).
A New York Times bestseller called “a gift to all readers” (USA Today): Follow Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh as he investigates a double homicide at a London church. “Readers who have not yet made Dalgliesh’s acquaintance should rush to the bookstore for this one” (Publishers Weekly).
Told with P. D. James’s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future … future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England.…
A New York Times bestseller! When a theology student turns up dead on the English seashore, detective Adam Dalgliesh sets out to solve an unholy case of murder. “Masterful” (Publishers Weekly starred review).
The first in the series of scintillating mysteries to feature cunning Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh from P.D. James, the bestselling author hailed by People magazine as “the greatest living mystery writer.”Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. Now she lies across her bed with dark bruises from a strangler’s … from a strangler’s fingers forever marring her lily-white throat. Someone has decided that the wages of sin should be death…and it is up to Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find who that…
A New York Times bestseller and “page-turning journey” (Publishers Weekly): After successfully defending a man suspected of murder, a brilliant lawyer is found dead. As more crimes unfold, Commander Dalgliesh searches for the culprit…
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.”more