THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE 'QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME' (Guardian)

'A legend.' VAL MCDERMID
'P. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.' MICK HERRON
'Perfect - a touchstone British murder mystery.' 5* reader review

PERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS
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Murder has priority. Wasn't that what they always said at the Lab?

When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the remains is just a routine job for the staff of Hoggatt's forensic science laboratory. But nothing could have prepared them for the brutal death of one of their own. When the senior biologist is found dead in his laboratory, Commander Dalgliesh is called to the bleak fens of East Anglia to meet a wealth of potential suspects and cautious forensic scientists quick to pass on the blame.

But while Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions that lie hidden beneath the calm surface of the laboratory, the murderer is lying in wait to strike again . . .
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'Arguably the finest of the series . . . Brilliant.' Financial Times

'She does for a forensic science laboratory in East Anglia what Dorothy L. Sayers did for Oxbridge.' New York Times

'P. D. James at her very best - fabulous writing and great story line - what more does anyone want or need?' 5* reader review

**Now a major Channel 5 series**