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Original Sin : An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery

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Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. - Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV"Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft."--The New York Times Book Review

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies--a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307455574
  • ISBN-10: 0307455572
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: July 2009
  • Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
  • Page Count: 432

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