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Commander Adam Dalgliesh is drawn into the strange closed world of the London legal community when he is called to investigate the murder of criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge who was found stabbed to death at her desk shortly after successfully defending Garry Ashe on charges of having killed his aunt.
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"The year is 2021, and the human race is - quite literally - coming to an end. Since 1995 no babies have been born, because in that year all males unexpectedly became infertile. Great Britain is ruled by a dictator, and the population is inexorably growing older. Theodore Faron, Oxford historian and, incidentally, cousin of the all-powerful Warden of England, watches in growing despair as society gradually crumbles around him, giving way to strange...
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Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 11
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The untimely death of a young priest in training draws Commander Adam Dalgliesh back to East Anglia to investigate at the request of the young man's father, as Dalgliesh finds himself drawn into a complex and violent mystery.
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Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 6
Inspector Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray volume 07
Adam Dalgliesh mystery volume 06
P.D. James volume 7
Inspector Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray volume 07
Adam Dalgliesh mystery volume 06
P.D. James volume 7
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IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
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"An evil-tempered forensic scientist is put to death, putting many of his colleagues out of misery. Commander Adam Dalgliesh must exhume the secrets of Dr. Lorrimer's laboratory in order to lay bare the murderous motive hidden in one human heart."--
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When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder.
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Adam Dalgleish, convalescing after a severe illness, arrives at Toynton Grange, the rest home for the young disabled, just too late to find out why his old friend Father Baddeley had sent for him. Stirred by suspicions, the sleuth takes up residence at the home.
10) The murder room
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Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team investigate the murder of a trustee of a small private London museum locked in a battle over its future, and find their probe complicated by a second corpse.
11) Original sin
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Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 9
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English
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In London, the managing director of a stately publishing house is found dead, a stuffed snake in his mouth. The suspects are many: a rejected author, a discarded mistress, a resentful employee, to mention just a few. Commander Adam Dalgliesh sifts through their lives and the company's finances in order to find the killer.
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In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy's sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced...
16) Unnatural causes
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Inspector Dalgliesh and his extraordinary aunt set out to discover the shocking truth about the past of a famous mystery writer--whose ghastly murder left a circle of bizarre friends terrified that they are next on the killer's list.
17) Innocent blood
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Philippa, an adopted child, applies for a copy of her birth certificate when she is 18. She discovers soon afterward that her mother is about to be released from prison.
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In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy's sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced...
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