The Murder Room (James, Pd)

by P.D.James (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.26

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  Paperback
  2010

  $3.26

  The Murder Room is the Number One Bestseller from PD James. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of both staff and fellow trustees. Everyone, it seems, has something to gain from the crime. When it becomes clear that the killer is prepared to kill again, inspired by the real-life crimes from the murder room, Dalgliesh knows that to solve this case he has to get into the mind of a ruthless killer. Adam Dalgliesh is back. From the author of Original Sin and Death in Holy Orders comes The Murder Room , PD James' most enticing work. Praise for The Murder Room : Classic, guaranteed to delight all crime addicts . ( The Literary Review ). Totally absorbing read, a detective thriller of superb quality . ( Daily Express ). P.D. James is the queen of crime fiction and the author of numerous bestsellers including A Taste for Death , Original Sin , A Certain Justice and Death in Holy Orders . She lives in London.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.26

  A small, private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath has been inherited by three siblings, all of whom are required by the family trust to sign any new lease. Without the new lease the museum will have to close. One brother, Neville Dupayne, is adamant he won't sign. And then the housekeeper, Mrs Tally Clutton, discovers Neville's body in his still blazing car...