Táto britská autorka sa preslávila ako „kráľovná zločinu“, ktorej romány sa vyznačujú zložitými zápletkami a hlbokým psychologickým vhľadom do postáv. Jej detektívne príbehy, často zasadené do zdanlivo idylického anglického prostredia, skúmajú temné stránky ľudskej povahy a zložitosť morálky. Autorka majstrovsky buduje napätie a prekvapivé rozuzlenia, pričom kladie dôraz na intelektuálnu stimuláciu čitateľa. Jej diela sa dotýkajú tém viny, trestu a hľadania spravodlivosti v pozoruhodne civilizovanom štýle.
Príbeh s uzavretým kruhom podozrivých je majstrovským spojením klasickej detektívky a hororu. Hlavnú hrdinku, krásnu a bezcitnú herečku Clarissu Lisleovou, dovádza k šialenstvu série anonymov; chce ju neznámy odosielateľ len vydesiť, chce zničiť jej kariéru, alebo jej skutočne usiluje o život? To má zistiť Cordelia Grayová, majiteľka detektívne kancelárie, ktorú na túto prácu najme herečkin manžel.
Vzpomínky živé legendy britské detektivní literatury, Phyllis Dorothy Jamesové, psané pozoruhodnou deníkovou formou.
This set of three books by P.D. James includes: "A Mind To Murder"; "Cover Her Face"; and "Unnatural Causes". It forms part of Faber's "Threebies" series, which offers different sets of three titles, each set written by a best-selling author.
The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills. The New York Times called Shroud for a Nightingale "mystery at its best."
Two bodies, their throats cut with brutal precision, lie in a waste of blood in the dingy vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington. One is an alcoholic tramp; the other, Sir Paul Berowne, a recently resigned Minister of the Crown. Dalgliesh arrives to begin his investigations.
A Washington Post Notable Book When it comes to crime, it’s not always a question of “who dunnit?” Sometimes there’s more mystery in the why or the how. And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes they commit? And what about those who know the identity of the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the questions that these six stories begin to unlock as they draw us into the inner workings—the thoughts and emotional machinations, the recollections and rationalizations, the dreams and desires—behind both murderous cause and effect. And no one gets inside the head of a perpetrator—or makes it a peerlessly thrilling and entertaining read—like the incomparable P. D. James.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh responds to an invitation to visit an old family friend, the chaplain at a private home for the disabled in Dorset. Only to discover on his arrival that his host has died
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.
When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to visit the young man's theological college, St Anselm's - a place he knew as a boy - expecting a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence. Instead he finds himself embroiled in intrigue, conflict and dangerous secrets as the college is torn apart by a sacreligious and horrifying murder.
