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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100307455572

ISBN-139780307455574

eBay Product ID (ePID)71100765

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Book TitleOriginal Sin : an Adam Dalgliesh Mystery

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Crime, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

Publication Year2009

GenreFiction

AuthorP.D. James

Book SeriesAdam Dalgliesh Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."-- The New York Times Book Review "One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification."-- Chicago Sun-Times "The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers."-- Newsday "One of James's most savory fictions.... A marvelous tale."-- San Francisco Chronicle "One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels."-- The Plain Dealer, "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."-- The New York Times Book Review "One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification." -- Chicago Sun-Times "The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers."-- Newsday "One of James's most savory fictions. . . . A marvelous tale."-- San Francisco Chronicle "One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels."-- The Plain Dealer, "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft." -The New York Times Book Review "One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification." -Chicago Sun-Times "The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers." -Newsday "One of James's most savory fictions. . . . A marvelous tale." -San Francisco Chronicle "One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels." -The Plain Dealer, "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."- The New York Times Book Review "One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification." - Chicago Sun-Times "The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers."- Newsday "One of James's most savory fictions. . . . A marvelous tale."- San Francisco Chronicle "One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels."- The Plain Dealer, "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft." -The New York Times Book Review "One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification." -Chicago Sun-Times "One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels." -The Plain Dealer

Dewey Decimal823/.914

SynopsisAdam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies--a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again., Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. * Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."-- The New York Times Book Review Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies--a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again., Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. - Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV "Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."-- The New York Times Book Review Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies--a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again.