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Original sin

by James, P. D.
Series: Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Book 9 Edition statement:1st Vintage Books ed. Published by : Vintage Books, (New York :) Physical details: 416 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN:9780307455574 (pbk.) :; 0307455572 (pbk.) :. Year: 2009
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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.