Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV When distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge defends a young man for the brutal murder of his mother, she views the case as simply another opportunity to demonstrate her brilliance in the courtroom. But within weeks of the trial Aldridge is found dead at her desk, a bloodstained barrister's wig on her head. And as Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard attempts to make sense of events, the murders continue, inexorably spiraling into fresh complexities of horror.
Author: P. D. James
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/17/2019
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780593080986
ISBN10: 059308098X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Legal
- Fiction | Thrillers | Legal
Author: P. D. James
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/17/2019
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780593080986
ISBN10: 059308098X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Legal
- Fiction | Thrillers | Legal
About the Author
P. D. James was the author of twenty-one books, many of which feature her detective hero, Adam Dalgliesh, and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipient of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature. In 1991 she was created Baroness James of Holland Park. She died in 2014 at the age of ninety-four.