Devices and Desires

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"I have often thought of mysteries as the sorbets of literature, something light and tangy to clear the palate between more serious courses. The books of P. D. James, however, are more substantial fare, filling as well as delicious, and Devices and Desires is no exception."
—The Washington Post Book World
Featuring the fairious Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted növel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.
Commander Dalgliesh of'Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity onthe remote Larksoken headland in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he.cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strángler of young women is at large, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the... Tovább

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"I have often thought of mysteries as the sorbets of literature, something light and tangy to clear the palate between more serious courses. The books of P. D. James, however, are more substantial fare, filling as well as delicious, and Devices and Desires is no exception."
—The Washington Post Book World
Featuring the fairious Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted növel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.
Commander Dalgliesh of'Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity onthe remote Larksoken headland in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he.cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strángler of young women is at large, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the pas-sions and dangerous secrets öf the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career.
"A masterful writer Devices and Desires seems to be that highly prized work—a terrific tale of suspense and detection that alsó delivers the satisfaction of a mainstreajn növel." —The Wall Street Journal
"The greatest living mystery writer weaves a dazzling array of psychological profiles into a gently ironic examination of humán life and the 'relatíve value' we ascribe to it." —People Vissza