James, P. D.
Original sin P.D. James. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 2009. - 416 p. ; 21 cm. - Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Book 9 .
Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1994.
Foreword to murder -- Death of a publisher -- Work in progress -- Evidence in writing -- Final proof.
"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 whom 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."--P. [4] of cover.
9780307455574 (pbk.) : 0307455572 (pbk.) :
Dalgliesh, Adam (Fictitious character)
Publishers and publishing--England--London
Police--England--London
London (England)
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Original sin P.D. James. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 2009. - 416 p. ; 21 cm. - Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Book 9 .
Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1994.
Foreword to murder -- Death of a publisher -- Work in progress -- Evidence in writing -- Final proof.
"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 whom 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."--P. [4] of cover.
9780307455574 (pbk.) : 0307455572 (pbk.) :
Dalgliesh, Adam (Fictitious character)
Publishers and publishing--England--London
Police--England--London
London (England)
Jam 30