P.D. James

Esta es la historia novelada de un suceso que todavía hoy remueve la conciencia de los británicos. Novela basada en un hecho real que conmocionó a la sociedad británica de comienzos del siglo XIX. Un crimen consterna a la sociedad londinense: dos familias, en una zona popular de la ciudad, son masacradas con saña. La presion politica se traduce en una sucesion de pesquisas apresuradas y erroneas, y en el suicidio del inocente acusado de los crimenes.

Octavo volumen de la serie «Adam Dalgliesh», esta vez el protagonista perseguirá a un asesino en las costas de Norfolk. Adam Dalgliesh, el detective poeta creado por P.D. James, necesita unas vacacio

P.D. James demuestra de nuevo su habilidad para observar el comportamiento humano, construir intrigas sorprendentes y evocar los ambientes y paisajes que rodean a sus personajes. Adam Dalgliesh regresa a East Anglia, escenario de sus años de juventud, para investigar la muerte de un seminarista que estudiaba en la Universidad de Saint Anselm. Sin embargo, la visita no solo le trae nostalgicos recuerdos, sino que lo enfrenta a una sucesion de horrores, de extrañas relaciones entre los religiosos y profesores que conviven en el lugar, ademas de encubiertos intereses por los bienes que guarda la comunidad formada por religiosos y seglares. Para hallar el asesino, Dalgliesh debera descifrar la hermetica clave que le ofrece una de las victimas.

En un ambiente en apariencia de desenfado de universitarios de lujo, Cordelia tendrá que descubrir poco a poco que quizá a nadie más que a ella le interesa averiguar la verdad... La primera de las muertes que ocurren en este libro es sin duda un suicidio: Bernie Pryde se dispara un tiro y deja a su joven socia Cordelia Gray como propietaria unica de una agencia de detectives privados. Tambien le deja una mision llena de riesgos: reabrir la investigacion sobre la muerte -supuesto suicidio- de un estudiante de Cambridge, Mark Callender. Cordelia ingresa asi en el ambito de Cambridge: estudiantes que llevan vidas donde se mezclan el refinamiento y el exotismo de las costumbres y las pasiones mas violentas.Opinion:Una escritora de formidable elegancia e imaginacion.The Washington Post

P.D. James utiliza una vez más los parámetros de la novela negra para construir una historia plagada de detalles y unos personajes cercanos, profundos y humanos. El mayor atractivo del Dupayne, un museo privado dedicado a los años de entreguerras (1919-1939), es una inquietante Sala del Crimen donde se estudian los casos mas sonados de la epoca. Pero Neville, el menor de los hermanos Dupayne, considera que la institucion debe cerrar sus puertas. La incertidumbre sobre la continuidad del museo genera una insoportable tension, que se quebrara cuando se descubra el cuerpo calcinado de Neville. ¿Se trata de un asesinato, un suicidio, un accidente#?¿Por que esta muerte recuerda tanto a uno de los sucesos recogidos en la Sala del Crimen? Dalgliesh emprende la ardua tarea de estudiar un caso que, a medida que se complica con nuevas muertes relacionada con los hechos ilustrados en la Sala del Crimen, amenaza con destruir la vida privada de este celebre y ahora enamorado poeta y detective de Scotland Yard.Reseña:P.D. James es la reina de la clasica novela policiaca, pero ante todo es la artifice de la renovacion de un genero que ha conseguido imprimir nuevos sesgos.El Pais

Un nuevo caso para el detective Dalgliesh, protagonista emblemático de la autora de novela negra P.D. James. Tercera entrega de la serie «Adam Dalgliesh». Todo lo que Dalgliesh necesitaba era unas tr

Un nuevo clásico de la gran dama del crimen, P.D. James. Cuando la prestigiosa periodista de investigación Rhoda Gradwyn ingresa en Cheverell Manor, la clínica privada del doctor Chandler-Powell en Dorset, para quitarse una antiestetica cicatriz que le atraviesa el rostro, sus planes son ser operada por un cirujano celebre, pasar una semana de convalecencia en una de las mansiones mas bonitas de Dorset y comenzar una nueva vida. Nada le hace presagiar que no saldra con vida de CheverellManor. El inspector Adam Dalgliesh y su equipo se encargaran del caso. Pronto toparan con un segundo asesinato, y tendran que afrontar problemas mucho mas complejos que la cuestion de la inocencia o la culpabilidad. P.D. James se ha ganado una reputacion inigualable por escribir historias de detectives con una profundidad y una complejidad poco comunes, combinadas con la perspicacia y la agilidad que solo se encuentra en los mejores novelistas.

Recuperamos una novela de la genial autora ausente de nuestro catálogo: un caso de Adam Dalgliesh, el emblemático detective creado por P.D. James. Primera entrega de la serie «Adam Dalgliesh». La eno

P.D. James demuestra de nuevo su habilidad para observar el comportamiento humano, construir intrigas sorprendentes y evocar los ambientes y paisajes que rodean a sus personajes.Adam Dalgliesh regresa a East Anglia, escenario de sus años de juventud, para investigar la muerte de un seminarista que estudiaba en la Universidad de Saint Anselm.Sin embargo, la visita no solo le trae nostalgicos recuerdos, sino que lo enfrenta a una sucesion de horrores, de extrañas relaciones entre los religiosos y profesores que conviven en el lugar, ademas de encubiertos intereses por los bienes que guarda la comunidad formada por religiosos y seglares.Para hallar el asesino, Dalgliesh debera descifrar la hermetica clave que le ofrece una de las victimas.

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 visit the young man's theological college, St Anselm's - a place he knew as a boy - expecting a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence. Instead he finds himself embroiled in intrigue, conflict and dangerous secrets as the college is torn apart by a sacreligious and horrifying murder.

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME (Guardian) A legend.VAL MCDERMIDP. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.MICK HERRONDoes everything a crime novel should - and then a whole lot more.DAILY MAILPERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS__________________________________________________________________________________Murder, the unique crime, is a paradigm of its age.The murder room of the Dupayne Museum is full of curiosities: photographs of crime scenes, news clippings about famous murders, and even some items belonging to killers and their victims. But then, one of the museum trustees is killed - in a manner strikingly reminiscent of one of its exhibits. Commander Adam Dalgliesh soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum, and everyone there has something to gain from the crime. But when a second murder is committed, again replicating one of the murder rooms real-life crimes, Dalgliesh knows he must get into the mind of a ruthless killer in order to solve this case - before there are any more deaths.__________________________________________________________________________________Genuinely chilling . . . a delight.OBSERVERP. D. James at her best . . . The reader needs to keep their wits about them.5* reader reviewIngenious puzzle with an enthralling climax. One of the best in this superior series, with an even more agonizing finale than most.5* reader review**Now a major Channel 5 series**__________________________________________________________________________________READERS LOVE THE ADAM DALGLEISH SERIES:Adam Dalgleish is one of the best characters in modern detective fiction. 5* reader reviewIf you are not already an Adam Dalgliesh fan, I urge you to become one . . . James can describe a scene or delineate a character with precision and depth, like no other writer I have read . . . I usually stay up all night to read a P. D. James novel once I start one.5* reader reviewI would never give less than 5 stars to any P. D. James book. She is one of a kind, always constant, always wonderful writing, always great characters, and always a good mystery that you cannot put down. 5* reader reviewP.D. James writes mysteries for ordinary people. Her characters are relatable and her hero is dynamic. But dont expect cell phones or computers. Her stories are strictly old school, which is what I love about them.5* reader reviewCrime writing at its very best! 5* reader reviewPRAISE FOR P. D. JAMES:P. D. James is the creme de la creme of crime writers. Her books are shrewd puzzles, full of wit and depth.IAN RANKINNobody can put the reader in the eye of the storm quite like P. D. James.SUNDAY EXPRESSOne of the literary greats. Her sense of place was exquisite, characterisation and plotting unrivalled.MARI HANNAHJames manages a depth and intelligence that few in her trade can match.THE TIMESThere are very few thriller writers who can compete with P. D. James at her best.SPECTATORThe queen of En...

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME (Guardian) A legend.VAL MCDERMIDP. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.MICK HERRONPerfect - a touchstone British murder mystery.5* reader reviewPERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS__________________________________________________________________________________Murder has priority. Wasnt that what they always said at the Lab?When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the remains is just a routine job for the staff of Hoggatts forensic science laboratory. But nothing could have prepared them for the brutal death of one of their own. When the senior biologist is found dead in his laboratory, Commander Dalgliesh is called to the bleak fens of East Anglia to meet a wealth of potential suspects and cautious forensic scientists quick to pass on the blame. But while Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions that lie hidden beneath the calm surface of the laboratory, the murderer is lying in wait to strike again . . .__________________________________________________________________________________Arguably the finest of the series . . . Brilliant.Financial TimesShe does for a forensic science laboratory in East Anglia what Dorothy L. Sayers did for Oxbridge.New York TimesP. D. James at her very best - fabulous writing and great story line - what more does anyone want or need?5* reader review**Now a major Channel 5 series**__________________________________________________________________________________READERS LOVE THE ADAM DALGLEISH SERIES:Adam Dalgleish is one of the best characters in modern detective fiction. 5* reader reviewIf you are not already an Adam Dalgliesh fan, I urge you to become one . . . James can describe a scene or delineate a character with precision and depth, like no other writer I have read . . . I usually stay up all night to read a P. D. James novel once I start one.5* reader reviewI would never give less than 5 stars to any P. D. James book. She is one of a kind, always constant, always wonderful writing, always great characters, and always a good mystery that you cannot put down. 5* reader reviewP.D. James writes mysteries for ordinary people. Her characters are relatable and her hero is dynamic. But dont expect cell phones or computers. Her stories are strictly old school, which is what I love about them.5* reader reviewCrime writing at its very best! 5* reader reviewPRAISE FOR P. D. JAMES:P. D. James is the creme de la creme of crime writers. Her books are shrewd puzzles, full of wit and depth.IAN RANKINNobody can put the reader in the eye of the storm quite like P. D. James.SUNDAY EXPRESSOne of the literary greats. Her sense of place was exquisite, characterisation and plotting unrivalled.MARI HANNAHJames manages a depth and intelligence that few in her trade can match.THE TIMESThere are very few thriller writers who can compete with P. D. James at her best.SPECTATORThe queen of English...

Novena entrega de la novela de misterio y crimen protagonizado por el detective Adam Dalgliesh, protagonista estrella de P.D. James. A orillas del T#mesis, en una r#plica de un palacio veneciano construido en 1830, se halla la editorial Peverell Press, una empresa familiar que un emprendedor y ambicioso franc#s se propone relanzar con todos los recursos del marketing moderno. Cuando el cad#ver del joven empresario aparece en uno de los locales de la editorial, el detective Adam Dalgliesh se hace cargo de investigar el caso. Para ello, se introducir# en un mundo de escritores narcisistas, turbias estrategias financieras y romances escandalosos.

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME (Guardian) A legend.VAL MCDERMIDP. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.MICK HERRONIngenious and beautifully written, this is P. D. James at her highly impressive best.SUNDAY TELEGRAPHPERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS__________________________________________________________________________________Venetia was much concerned with murder, but she could hardly have expected to become so intimately involved.Distinguished barrister Venetia Aldridge QCs defence of Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But four weeks and four days after the trial, she is murdered at her desk.Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team find plenty of motive for murder among the clients Venetia has defended, her envious professional colleagues, her wayward daughter, and the lover she has tried to keep secret. But just as Dalgliesh begins to narrow down the field of suspects, a second brutal murder sends the case in a totally new direction . . .__________________________________________________________________________________The capped tooth of middle-class English malice has seldom been better described.GUARDIANEnthralling . . . the story gripped me.5* reader reviewFiendishly clever.SUNDAY TIMES**Now a major Channel 5 series**__________________________________________________________________________________READERS LOVE THE ADAM DALGLEISH SERIES:Adam Dalgleish is one of the best characters in modern detective fiction. 5* reader reviewIf you are not already an Adam Dalgliesh fan, I urge you to become one . . . James can describe a scene or delineate a character with precision and depth, like no other writer I have read . . . I usually stay up all night to read a P. D. James novel once I start one.5* reader reviewI would never give less than 5 stars to any P. D. James book. She is one of a kind, always constant, always wonderful writing, always great characters, and always a good mystery that you cannot put down. 5* reader reviewP.D. James writes mysteries for ordinary people. Her characters are relatable and her hero is dynamic. But dont expect cell phones or computers. Her stories are strictly old school, which is what I love about them.5* reader reviewCrime writing at its very best! 5* reader reviewPRAISE FOR P. D. JAMES:P. D. James is the creme de la creme of crime writers. Her books are shrewd puzzles, full of wit and depth.IAN RANKINNobody can put the reader in the eye of the storm quite like P. D. James.SUNDAY EXPRESSOne of the literary greats. Her sense of place was exquisite, characterisation and plotting unrivalled.MARI HANNAHJames manages a depth and intelligence that few in her trade can match.THE TIMESThere are very few thriller writers who can compete with P. D. James at her best.SPECTATORThe queen of English crime.GUARDIAN