Devices and Desires (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh)

James, P. D.

ISBN 10: 0394580702 / ISBN 13: 9780394580708

Editore: Alred A. Knopf, 1990

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No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. first (trade) edition, first printing; light edge wear to boards and jacket, some light soiling, ex-library with usual markings, dmg top pastedowns; Cmdr. Adam Dalgliesh of New Scotland Yard retreats to a converted windmill on a remote Norfolk headland to escape the publicity surrounding the publication of his highly successful book of poems. But a psychopathic strangler is at large, and Dalgliesh is drawn into the investigation of a particularly ingenious and horrible murder. Codice articolo 040186

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Titolo: Devices and Desires (Inspector Adam ...

Casa editrice: Alred A. Knopf

Data di pubblicazione: 1990

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Good

Edizione: First Edition.

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Riassunto:

Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career.

Informazioni sull?autore:

P.D. James was born in Oxford in 1920. She spent 30 years in various sections of the British Civil Service, including the Police, where she was involved with the forensic science service, and the Criminal Policy department. She was also the first woman Director of the BBC. Over the years, she has received numerous awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 1983 she received the OBE, and she was created a life peer in 1991. She lives in London.


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