THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE 'QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME' (Guardian) 'I am hooked!! Reading the entire Dalgliesh series! Great character and plot development.' 5* reader review 'P. D. James at her very best - fabulous writing and great story line - what more does anyone want or need?' 5* reader review 'She does for a forensic science laboratory in East Anglia what Dorothy L. Sayers did for Oxbridge and Ngaio Marsh managed for the London theatre world.' New York Times ...
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THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE 'QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME' (Guardian) 'I am hooked!! Reading the entire Dalgliesh series! Great character and plot development.' 5* reader review 'P. D. James at her very best - fabulous writing and great story line - what more does anyone want or need?' 5* reader review 'She does for a forensic science laboratory in East Anglia what Dorothy L. Sayers did for Oxbridge and Ngaio Marsh managed for the London theatre world.' New York Times PERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS __________________________________________________________________________________ Murder has priority. Wasn't that what they always said at the Lab? When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the remains 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. When the senior biologist is found dead in his laboratory, Commander Dalgliesh is called to the bleak fens of East Anglia to meet a wealth of potential suspects and cautious forensic scientists quick to pass on the blame. But while Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions that lie hidden beneath the calm surface of the laboratory, the murderer is lying in wait to strike again . . . __________________________________________________________________________________ 'Perfect - a touchstone British murder mystery.' 5* reader review 'James remains one of the greatest word-crafters of the past century, an absolute pleasure to read and contemplate.' 5* reader review 'Nobody can put the reader in the eye of the storm quite like P. D. James.' Sunday Express **Now a major Channel 5 series** __________________________________________________________________________________ READERS LOVE THE ADAM DALGLEISH SERIES: 'If you are not already an Adam Dalgliesh fan, I urge you to become one . . . James can describe a scene or delineate a character with precision and depth, like no other writer I have read.' 5* reader review 'This series is now as thrilling and gripping as Agatha Christie's great mysteries . . . A wonderful treat I must savour.' 5* reader review 'P. D. James is guaranteed to be worth reading.' 5* reader review 'I would never give less than 5 stars to any P. D. James book. She is one of a kind, always constant, always wonderful writing, always great characters, and always a good mystery that you cannot put down.' 5* reader review 'P. D. James writes mysteries for ordinary people. Her characters are relatable and her hero is dynamic. But don't expect cell phones or computers. Her stories are strictly old school, which is what I love about them.' 5* reader review 'Crime writing at its very best!' 5* reader review PRAISE FOR P. D. JAMES: 'A legend.' VAL MCDERMID 'Masterful.' MICK HERRON 'The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Nobody can put the reader in the eye of the storm quite like P. D. James.' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'One of the literary greats. Her sense of place was exquisite, characterisation and plotting unrivalled.' MARI HANNAH 'There are very few thriller writers who can compete with P. D. James at her best.' SPECTATOR 'Simply a wonderful writer.' NEW YORK TIMES 'The queen of English crime.' GUARDIAN
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