Original Sin
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Original Sin
Narrated by:
Penelope Dellaporta
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Narrated by:
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Penelope Dellaporta
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P. D. James
Summary
“Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft.”—The New York Times Book Review
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 who 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.
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Critic Reviews
“Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft.”—The New York Times Book Review
“One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers.”—Newsday
“One of James's most savory fictions.... A marvelous tale.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels.”—The Plain Dealer
“One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers.”—Newsday
“One of James's most savory fictions.... A marvelous tale.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels.”—The Plain Dealer
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