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P. D. James |
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Charles Keating |
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Entertainment Weekly: "James's characters...are so deliciously sketched out that the fun here is far more in the reading of the novel...than in the ultimate denouement of the whodunit." |
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Format: Paperback, 429
Publisher: Fawcett Books (April 01, 2002)
Measurements: 6.75"(h) x 4"(w) x 1.25"(d), 0.5 lbs.
ISBN: 9780345446664 |
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The setting itself is elemental P.D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm's. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school's young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treeves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants - and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son's death. Although there seems to be little to investigate, Dalgliesh agrees, largely out of nostalgia for several happy summers he spent at St. Anselm's as a boy. No sooner does he arrive, however, than the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself ineluctably drawn into the labyrinth of an intricate and violent mystery.<p>Here P.D. James once more demonstrates her unrivaled skill in building a classic detective story into a fully realized novel, gripping as much for its psycholog |
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