La enorme y respetable casa de los Maxie, en la campiña inglesa, parecía el lugar ideal para que la joven Sally Jupp pudiera trabajar como ama de llaves y criar a su hijo, pero un horrible crimen acabaría pronto con sus ilusiones. Afortunadamente, el superintendente Adam Dalgliesh se encargaría del caso...
Adam Dalgliesh Serie
Siga al Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, un detective amante de la poesía, mientras se sumerge en intrincados casos de asesinato en el contexto de la sociedad inglesa. Esta serie combina magistralmente el suspense de un procedimiento policial con una profunda perspicacia psicológica, explorando los oscuros secretos que acechan bajo la superficie de la vida educada. Cada entrega ofrece narrativas meticulosamente elaboradas, estudios de personajes profundos y escenarios atmosféricos, lo que la convierte en una lectura cautivadora para los entusiastas de la ficción criminal clásica.
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A Mind to Murder
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in Lindon. but when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh pf Scotland Yard is called in to investigate and quickly find himself caught in a whirlwind of psychiatry, sex, drug and deceit. Now he must analyse the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts has resulted in murder and stop a cunning killer before the next blow.
Unnatural Causes
- 217 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
Maurice Seton was a famous mystery writer--but no murder from his imagination could equal the ghastliness of his own death. When his grotesquely mutilated corpse is found in a drifting dinghy, ripples of horror spread among his bizarre neighbours: the cruel and cynical drama critic, the celebrated recluse, the rakish young heir, the terrified woman waiting for her killer in a lonely house... It is up to Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh and his extraordinary aunt to discover the shocking truth about Seton's past--before the plot takes another murderous turn.
Mortaja para un ruiseñor
- 464 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
Kriminalroman. Da Dalgliesh, som rekonvalescent, ankommer til Toynton Grange, er hans vært pludselig afgået ved døden. Andre mystiske dødsfald følger, og han må i gang med opklaringen.
Muerte de un forense
- 450 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Tras la muerte violenta de un forense mientras trabaja, Adam Dalgliesh debe hurgar en la intimidad de los científicos vinculados a la víctima por sus tareas, problemas e incluso celos profesionales. Todos son especialistas en el comportamiento de la muert
Adam Dalgliesh tendrá que desvelar en esta ocasión el misterio que rodea el asesinato de dos hombres a los que la muerte ha unido, pero que en vida raramente habrían coincidido: un barón y un vagabundo alcohólico. Antes de alcanzar su objetivo, no obstante, deberá enfrentarse a un crimen que conmueve la opinión pública e introducirse en las mansiones de la enigmática clase alta londinense. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Adam Dalgliesh unravels the murder of two men that death has united who never coincided in life: a noble and a homeless alcoholic. He will explore the web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet eyed-pregnant widow.
Intrigas y deseos
- 535 páginas
- 19 horas de lectura
Adam Dalgliesh, el detective poeta creado por P. D. James, necesita unas vacaciones. Acaba de publicar su último poemario y está cansado de investigar homicidios, así que decide tomarse un respiro fuera de Londres. Sin embargo, el destino elegido no es el más apacible: está situado en las costas de Norfolk, el área de acción de un asesino en serie que ha matado ya a cuatro mujeres. Dalgliesh, aunque a regañadientes, no tendrá más remedio que desenmarañar el entramado de intrigas y deseos que ha convertido toda la región en un infierno criminal.P. D. James, la gran dama del crimen inglés, ha sido galardonada con el Premio Carvalho 2008 y el Premio Terenci Moix 2009.
Pecado original
- 640 páginas
- 23 horas de lectura
A certain justice
- 481 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. Four weeks after agreeing to defend Gerry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, Miss Aldridge is found dead. Adam Dalgliesh investigates, only to find that her many enemies include colleagues, criminals, family - and even her lover.
Muerte en el seminario
- 473 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
Barcelona. 22 cm. 473 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. James, P. D. 1920-2014. Traducción de Mª Eugenia Ciocchini. Traducción de: Death in Holy Orders .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 842269333X
The Murder Room is the Number One Bestseller from PD James.Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of both staff and fellow trustees. Everyone, it seems, has something to gain from the crime. When it becomes clear that the killer is prepared to kill again, inspired by the real-life crimes from the murder room, Dalgliesh knows that to solve this case he has to get into the mind of a ruthless killer.Adam Dalgliesh is back. From the author of Original Sin and Death in Holy Orders comes The Murder Room, PD James' most enticing work. Praise for The Murder Room:'Classic, guaranteed to delight all crime addicts' The Literary Review'Totally absorbing read, a detective thriller of superb quality' Daily ExpressP.D. James is the queen of crime fiction and the author of numerous bestsellers including A Taste for Death, Original Sin, A Certain Justice and Death in Holy Orders. She lives in London.
A classic 'locked room' mystery from one of Britain's greatest crime writers
Muerte en la clínica privada
- 480 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
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Für alle Liebhaber klassischer Kriminal-Romane gibt es noch einmal Neues von P. D. James zu entdecken: vier Krimi-Kurzgeschichten, die im Laufe der Jahre für Weihnachts-Ausgaben verschiedener Zeitschriften und Magazine entstanden sind, drei davon hier erstmals auf Deutsch. Mit einem Geleitwort von Val McDermid. • »Der Mistelzweig-Mord«, die titelgebende Story, handelt von einer Weihnachtsfeier im Landhaus, die unter keinem guten Stern steht • In »A Very Commonplace Murder« geht es um eine illegale Affäre, die mit Mord endet • Und »The Boxdale Inheritance« und »The Twelve Clues of Christmas« sind neue Fälle für P. D. Jamesʼ Kult-Ermittler Commander Adam Dalgliesh, der längst in die Krimi-Literaturgeschichte eingegangen ist Diese vier Weihnachts-Krimis zeigen das ganze Können der englischen Bestseller-Autorin P. D. James, von ihrem eleganten Stil über ihre Akribie bis zum unbestechlichen Blick hinter alle Fassaden.
The Mistletoe Murder
- 160 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Throughout her illustrious career as the Queen of Crime, P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best are collected here. “Mystery lovers are in for a very merry time. . . . Will entertain and delight.” —USA Today 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. In "The Twelve Clues of Christmas," James's iconic Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is, in his own words, "pure Agatha Christie." In "A Very Commonplace Murder," a respectable clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a terrible crime. "The Boxdale Inheritance" finds Dalgliesh's godfather imploring 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 Dalgliesh will keep to himself. And, in the title story, a bestselling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier. A treat for P. D. James's legions of fans and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfuly wrought whodunit.
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
- 136 páginas
- 5 horas de lectura
As the acknowledged Queen of Crime, P.D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume. P.D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery to be solved, and enjoyable puzzles to keep the reader guessing. With wry humour, she pays tribute to her English crime-writing forebears, delighting in the secrets that lurk beneath the surface at enforced family gatherings and in old country houses, from the title story about a strained family reunion on Christmas Eve, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, and two cases that introduce James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh as a young detective sergeant
Innocent house
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Every book tells a story And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision in 1935, and that continues to define our publishing today. Together, they tell one version of the unique story of Penguin. highly praised crime novels for more than forty years, and Penguin is proud to publish them in paperback. Her most famous and enduring creation is the poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, and in Innocent House taken from Original Sin he is confronted with a suspicious death and a puzzle at a respected publishing house.
