Baroness James may have turned 80, but neither she nor her dogged Scotland Yard detective Commander Adam Dalgliesh (last seen in 1997's A Certain Justice) shows any sign of flagging in this superb ...

Enigmatic detective Adam Dalgliesh, a specialist in unusual murders, works to solve a series of intricate and mysterious crimes in 1970s England. Shroud for a Nightingale - DCI Adam Dalgliesh is sent ...

Few novelists have remained at the top of their form as long as P. D. James has. Though her new Adam Dalgliesh mystery isn’t among the 88-year-old writer’s best (as The Lighthouse, published when she ...

P.D. James's latest murder mystery, the 14th to feature Cmdr. Adam Dalgliesh of London's Metropolitan Police Service, is not the most formidable example of this iconic author's work, but it's still ...

Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, a published poet and recent widower, brings his unique blend of empathy and insight to his investigations as he tackles intricate crimes in 1970s England. In ...

Phyllis Dorothy James White worked in British public service for 30 years, including a stretch at the Home Office's police and criminal law department. A late starter as a novelist (she first ...

January 1975. Student nurse Heather Pearce dies during a training demonstration. Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate, accompanied by his partner DS Masterson. Pathologist ...

Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet and an intensely private man.