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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words. This collection includes: Cover Her Face, A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, A Certain Justice, The Private Patient, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.

From P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, comes the seventh Adam Dalgliesh novel, set against the bleak fens of East Anglia. Death of An Expert Witness is a classic work of detective fiction packed with forensic detail, intrigue and suspense. When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the exhibits 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.

An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery. Set in the medical world of hospitals and nursing schools in London, the fourth Adam Dalgliesh Mystery is a thrilling work of detective fiction from the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley and The Children of Men. The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed.

An Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Set on the remote Suffolk coast, the third Adam Dalgliesh mystery, Unnatural Causes is a thrilling work of crime fiction from P. D. James, the best-selling author of Death Comes to Pemberley. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast.

Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty, but now, privately owned, it offers respite to overstressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team.

The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the golden age of crime writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales. The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed stories, and this companion volume contains a further six, published here together for the first time. As the six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each.

A collection of four short stories from P. D. James, published together for the first time. As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime", P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write special short stories for Christmas. Four of the very best of these have been rescued from the archives and are published together. P .D. James' prose illuminates each of these perfectly formed stories, making them ideal listening for the darkest days of the year.

My only regret is that I shan't be alive to savour my retrospective triumph. But that is of small account. I savour it every day of my life. I shall have done the one thing I resolved to do when I was 12 years old - and the world will know it. Follow the 'Queen of Crime' as she takes us into the mind of a man who has waited decades to enact his patient, ingenious revenge on a school bully.

Le décor: l'hôpital John Carpendar, imposant établissement d'époque victorienne abritant plusieurs services, dont une école d'infirmières. La première victime: une des élèves, tuée d'une manière particulièrement atroce. Les suspects: les infirmières, et, au premier chef, la directrice, la formidable Mary Taylor, et ses trois "secondes", mais aussi le grand patron, le docteur Courtney-Briggs, dont on découvre bientôt qu'il a eu une liaison avec l'une des victimes.

La sixième enquête d'Adam Dalgliesh Un village des Fens, au sud-est de l'Angleterre. Des marécages, de la pluie, la découverte du cadavre d'une femme... Le lendemain, le Pr Lorrimer, responsable du service de biologie d'un laboratoire de médecine légale, est trouvé assassiné dans son bureau, toutes portes fermées. Au fil d'une enquête extrêmement minutieuse parmi le personnel médical, le commandant Dalgliesh va démêler l'écheveau des passions et des rancœurs et percer à jour des mystères où sexe et superstition se mêlent, bien loin de la rationalité scientifique.

Two years ago, Miff Ferguson chose to opt out of the rat race. Since then he's been living rough and happily so. That is until now. For, as the first signs of winter approach, everything changes. While looking for shelter, Miff stumbles across the dead body of a young woman inside a dilapidated warehouse. Quickly realising he's not alone, and what's worse he's been spotted, Miff becomes embroiled in a game of cat and mouse with a killer that forces him to abandon his life on the streets and take refuge with his aunt and uncle in the village of Weston St Ambrose.

Adam Dalgliesh debe investigar el asesinato de la señora Bolam, la antipática administradora de la clínica Steen, un selecto centro psiquiátrico donde ingresan pacientes adinerados que valoran en igual medida la atención médica y la discreción.

La enorme y respetable casa de los Maxie, en el apacible rincón campestre de Martingale, es el lugar ideal para que la joven Sally Jupp críe tranquilamente a su hijo.

Den 18-årige Philippa, der er adoptivbarn, søger at finde sin sande identitet. Hun insisterer på sin ret til at få udleveret en kopi af sin originale fødselsattest og konfronteres med den rystende sandhed: Hendes far og mor blev idømt langvarige fængselsstraffe for en gemen forbrydelse: faderens seksuelle mishandling af en tolvårig pige, som moderen derpå kvalte. Philippas far viser sig at være død i fængslet, mens hendes mor står umiddelbart foran prøveløsladelse. Philippa opsøger moderen og flytter sammen med hende, fast besluttet på fra nu af at tage sig af hende.

"Mord på laboratoriet" er sjette bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard. En ung pige findes stranguleret i nærheden af det retsmedicinske laboratorium. Kort efter finder endnu et mord sted, men denne gang inden for laboratoriets mure. Kriminalkommissær Adam Dalgliesh tilkaldes, og snart kommer han på sporet af spændte modsætninger og barske forhold mellem laboratoriets mennesker. "Mord på laboratoriet" udkom første gang i 1977.

Todo lo que Dalgliesh necesitaba era unas tranquilas vacaciones junto al mar, largos paseos, una taza de té al calor de la chimenea y, lo mejor de todo, nada de cadáveres ni pesquisas criminales.