Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers and seemed ideal to help Mrs Maxie run a house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally was very different from the docile, repentant character she seemed to be. When a murder occurs, Chief Inspector Dalgliesh arrives.
Adam Dalgliesh Reeks
Volg inspecteur Adam Dalgliesh, een rechercheur met een voorliefde voor poëzie, terwijl hij zich verdiept in ingewikkelde moordzaken tegen de achtergrond van de Engelse samenleving. Deze serie combineert meesterlijk de spanning van een politieonderzoek met diepgaand psychologisch inzicht, en verkent de duistere geheimen die schuilgaan onder de oppervlakte van het beleefde leven. Elk deel biedt zorgvuldig uitgewerkte verhalen, diepgaande karakterstudies en sfeervolle settings, wat het tot een boeiende lectuur maakt voor liefhebbers van klassieke misdaadfictie.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
A Mind to Murder
- 256bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic has always been one of the most eminent institutions in London. But when its administrative head is found with a chisel in her heart, and a weird wooden phallic symbol in her arms, the terrifying truth begins to emerge. In the midst of an explosive mixture of psychiatry, sex, and drugs, the unenviable task of analyzing the clues falls to Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh -- clues that lead him to a diabolically cunning killer bent on proving that the first slaying was no Freudian slip.
Unnatural Causes
- 224bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERY Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long wind-swept walks, tea in front of the crackling wood fire and hot buttered toast, Dalgliesh was relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a drifting dinghy to drag Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.
Lijkwade voor een nachtegaal
- 287bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Patiënten en personeel van het John Carpendarziekenhuis, een exclusieve privékliniek in het Engelse graafschap Sussex, worden opgeschrikt door een dubbele moord. Twee leerlingverpleegsters zijn onder werktijd op geraffineerde wijze vergiftigd. Aan inspecteur Adam Dalgliesh de moeilijke taak de zaak te klaren. Hij laat zich gewillig onderdompelen in de afgeschermde ziekenhuiswereld waar frustraties, jaloezie en haat - maar ook liefde en vriendschap - een grote rol spelen. Hij stuit al gauw op geheimzinnige zaken en het verdachte gedrag van ankele leidinggevenden maakt de puzzel steeds moeilijker. De ontknoping van het drama komt even onverwachts als geroepen, maar niet voordat er nog twee slachtoffers te betreuren zijn...
The Black Tower
- 284bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death, but further fatalities follow and his own life is in danger as he unmasks the evil at the heart of Toynton Grange.
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.
A Taste for Death
- 656bladzijden
- 23 uur lezen
James, the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and The Murder Room, explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder, with authority and sensitivity.
When Inspector Dalgliesh moves into a picturesque coastline cottage, he discovers deadly deeds are being perpetrated under the shadow of a nearby atomic power station.
An Adam Dalgliesh novel, set against the backdrop of the publishing world. Commander Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary ingenuity and complexity, and a murderer who is prepared to kill again.
Een Adam Dalgliesh Mysterie: Gebrek aan bewijs
- 383bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Een Dalgliesh-boek
Dood onder geestelijken
- 478bladzijden
- 17 uur lezen
Adam Dalgliesh, de melancholieke speurder van Scotland Yard, wordt verzocht de dood van een student van een klein Anglicaans seminarie te onderzoeken. St. Anselms is een kleine sektarische gemeenschap vol geheimen, die bovendien met sluiting wordt bedreigd door de aartsdeken. Wanneer deze kort na het eerste sterfgeval zelf wordt vermoord, weet Dalgliesh dat hij geen tijd te verliezen heeft.
Het moordkabinet
- 463bladzijden
- 17 uur lezen
Murders present meet murders past in P.D. James’s latest harrowing, thought-provoking thriller. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne--a museum dedicated to the interwar years, with a room celebrating the most notorious murders of that time--when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the family trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of the fellow trustees and the Dupayne's devoted staff. Everyone, it seems, has something to gain from the crime. When it becomes clear that the murderer has been inspired by the real-life crimes from the murder room--and is preparing to kill again--Dalgliesh knows that to solve this case he has to get into the mind of a ruthless killer.
De vuurtoren
- 383bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers respite to over-stressed high authorities who require privacy and security. But demanding author Nathan Oliver is found strangled and hanging from the renovated lighthouse. Investigator Adam Dagliesh, his inspector Kate Miskin, and sergeant Francis Benton are all pre-occupied with their personal and love lives. The first victim was thoroughly disliked by visitors and residents for valid reasons, but the second, a recovered alcoholic priest, was admired by the skeleton staff. Suspects include Oliver's daughter Miranda, editor Dennis, animal researcher Dr Yelland, recently orphaned Dan, aged Emily, boatman Jago, sickly Dr Speidel, physician Dr Stavely and his unfaithful wife Jo, administrator Maycroft, housekeeper Mrs Plunkett, cook Mrs Burbridge, rebellious teen Millie. Past murders are uncovered and SARS threatens the island.
The Private Patient
- 352bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing home for rich patients being treated by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. A welcome addition to the Dalgliesh canon, The Private Patient could have been written by no one other than P.D. James.
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Every book tells a story And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision in 1935, and that continues to define our publishing today. Together, they tell one version of the unique story of Penguin. highly praised crime novels for more than forty years, and Penguin is proud to publish them in paperback. Her most famous and enduring creation is the poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, and in Innocent House taken from Original Sin he is confronted with a suspicious death and a puzzle at a respected publishing house.
