The Murder Room by P D James

The Murder Room by P D James

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When Commander Dalgliesh is persuaded to visit the Dupayne, a private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath, he has no idea that he will return a week later under very different circumstances. One of the family trustees has been horribly murdered and Dalgliesh is called in to investigate.

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The Murder Room by P D James

A small, private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath has been inherited by three siblings, all of whom are required by the family trust to sign any new lease. Without the new lease the museum will have to close. One brother, Neville Dupayne, is adamant he won't sign. And then the housekeeper, Mrs Tally Clutton, discovers Neville's body in his still blazing car...
'Each new book gives pleasure not just for macabre crimes or ingenious solutions, but its intensity of experience'Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday
P. D. James served in the forensic and criminal justice departments of the Home Office, until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her many detective novels include Cover Her Face, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Death of an Expert Witness, A Taste for Death, Original Sin and A Certain Justice, many of which have been adapted for television. She lives in London.
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ISBN 13 9780571218226
ISBN 10 0571218229
Title The Murder Room
Author P D James
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2003-07-03
Number of pages 352
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