P. D James
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time—swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment."
The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first...
The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
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, electrifying it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted crime story, as only she can write it.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
514 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called on to solve a sensitive high profile case on Combe Island off the Cornish coast of England at a time when Dalgliesh is dealing with his uncertain future with Emma Lavenham.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (283 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1970s England, Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, investigate the murders of a forensic scientist, a controversial lawyer, and a young doctor at odds with his family.
Author
Language
English
Description
Nelson Olmsted "Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories"
Included in audiobook:
The Signal Man By Charles Dickens
The Mummy's Foot By Theophile Gautier
Markheim By Robert Louis Stevenson
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge By Ambrose Bierce
What Was It? By Fitz-James O'Brien
The Body Snatcher By Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten years since it was first published in hardback, and now for the first time as an eBook, this volume of short stories by the cream of British crime writing talent celebrates 75 years of the quintessential Detection Club. The Detection Club represents the cream of British crime writing talent. Founded on the cusp of the 1930s, the Club's first President was G.K. Chesterton, and since then the mantle of Presidency has passed to some of the most significant...
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 4
Language
English
Description
In the wake of another death tied to the law chambers, the police interrogate everyone, uncovering connections between the victims and witnesses. But as they sort the significant from the coincidental, time is running out to save Octavia from Ashe.
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 1
Language
English
Description
A girl's body is found in a remote part of Norfolk. The postmortem seems routine, but shortly afterwards the senior biologist at the forensics lab is murdered. DCI Adam Dalgliesh and DS Kate Miskin are called in to lead the inquiry.
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 2
Language
English
Description
Another dead body is discovered, staged to look like a suicide. Dalgliesh and Miskin begin to untangle a web of rivalries and infidelities within the rural community, unearthing a killer with secrets to hide and tracks to cover.
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 3
Language
English
Description
Not long after securing an acquittal for Garry Ashe in his aunt's murder, controversial defense barrister Venetia Aldridge is fatally stabbed. Suspicion falls on her colleagues, with whom she fought, and on her daughter's fiancé-none other than Ashe.
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 5
Language
English
Description
Marcus and Caroline Dupayne struggle to convince their brother, Neville, to renew the lease on their family's museum. When Neville's car is torched on the museum grounds and he perishes inside, all who work there are suspects-including his siblings.
Author
Series
Dalgliesh volume 6
Language
English
Description
The grisly discovery in the trunk provides a new line of inquiry that leads to a hidden room, ties to intelligence agents, and a scandalous society at the heart of the museum. The team race to crack the case as the killer prepares to strike again.