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'On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice: "He married your wife, didn't he? Took her away from you some people might say. Nice piece of goods, too, by the look of her. Didn't you feel any grievance?" I had been expecting this question. I knew exactly what I would say.' The late, great P. D. James takes us inside the mind of a murderer.

From P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction comes the tenth novel to feature commander Adam Dalgliesh. A Certain Justice is a chilling murder mystery packed with forensic detail, set in the treacherous legal world of London. Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients Venetia has defended, her professional colleagues, her family - even her lover. As Dalgliesh narrows the field of suspects, a second brutal murder draws them into greater complexities of intrigue and evil. P.D. James, the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and Death In Holy Orders, once again explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder, with authority and sensitivity. A Certain Justice is set in the legal world of London and possesses all of the qualities which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist.

St. Cedd''s Church fete had been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also had to contend with the news of her son''s sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, the sly single mother, Sally Jupp. On the following morning, Martingale and the whole village are shocked by the discovery of Sally Jupp''s body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life. P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of the Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of its Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has a large extended family.

Rhoda Gradwyn, giornalista investigativa, ha , molto successo e pochissimi amici. È un personaggio scomodo per molti: le sue scottanti inchieste, sempre ben documentate, producono spesso effetti negativi, se non addirittura tragici, sulle esistenze delle persone che ne sono loro malgrado protagoniste. Quando decide finalmente di liberarsi di una cicatrice che le deturpa il viso da molti anni, la donna si affida a un celebre chirurgo plastico e alla sua esclusiva clinica privata, Cheverell Manor, ospitata in un''antica residenza nel Dorset. L''intervento, che dovrebbe segnare per lei l''inizio di una nuova vita, e invece il suo appuntamento con la morte. Rhoda viene infatti ritrovata cadavere la mattina dopo l''operazione, uccisa brutalmente da un misterioso assassino. Chi puo essere stato? A Cheverell Manor, i possibili indiziati sono molti. Sara Adam Dalgliesh, ormai ai vertici della carriera investigativa, con i suoi fidi assistenti Kate e Benton, chiamati da Londra a indagare sull''omicidio, a scavare nel passato della vittima e dei sospettati alla ricerca di una verita tanto agghiacciante quanto sorprendente. Ancora una volta P.D. James torna a orchestrare con la consueta maestria i destini dei suoi personaggi, intrecciandoli sapientemente e costruendo una storia che, come sempre, ha il suo fulcro in Adam Dalgliesh, investigatore abilissimo e sensibile, capace come pochi altri eroi della letteratura gialla di scandagliare i misteri dell''animo umano

Philippa Palfrey es una niña adoptada que crece convencida de ser la hija ilegítima de un aristócrata, pero al cumplir los dieciocho años las ansias de conocer a sus verdaderos padres la llevan a enfrentarse a una tragica realidad: Philippa es hija de un violador y una asesina. Incredula y al mismo tiempo horrorizada, Philippa quiere saber mas, hasta convertir su vida en un autentica pesadilla. En este viaje infernal en busca de una identidad, destacan nuevamente las dotes narrativas de P. D. James, una escritora que aprovecha los recursos del thriller para ofrecernos un magistral retrato de la condicion humana.P. D. James es una de las grandes damas de la novela negra.Este titulo es uno de los mas exitosos de su trayectoria.

P.D. JamesTo judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel. Written by the author widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.

When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic for the removal of a facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation, and the beginning of a new life. She was never to leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate the murder.

Now a major Channel 5 seriesThe Queen of Crime. New York TimesWhen Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his aunts estate.

Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the motherless, illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. At eighteen she exercises her right to find out the truth. What she discovers will change her life forever. Philippa embarks on a thrilling investigation, enters a new and terrifying world and soon comes to realize that she is not the only one interested in her parents'' whereabouts.From the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and Death in Holy Orders, Innocent Blood is both a mystery and a thriller, a superb novel that explores the themes of self-identity, blood ties, guilt and revenge.P. D. James has been influential as a crime writer for many years and her writing is often compared to the work of authors such as Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.

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.