P. D. James

Adam is called into investigate the murder of an investigative journalist at a private clinic in Dorest.

It's not always a question of 'whodunit?' Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or how. And although it is usually know the unhealthy fates of both victim and perpetrator, what of those clever few who plan and carry out the perfect crime? The ones who aren't brought down even though they're found out? And what about those who do the finding out who witness a murder or who identify the murderer but keep the information to themselves?

"The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is 'pure Agatha Christie.' . . . A 'pedantic, respectable, censorious' clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder . . . A best-selling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier . . . Dalgliesh's godfather implores him to reinvestigate a notorious murder that might ease the...

Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to investigate the murder of a young man at a theological college but gets drawn into the scene of another gruesome and sacrilegious murder.

The second book to feature Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh, A Mind To Murder is a "superbly satisfying mystery" (Chicago Daily News) from bestselling author P.D. James.
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in London. But when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent...

"Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder." --

A community of forensic scientists are taken by surprise when a member of their own team is found in a bloody pool on the laboratory floor. Dalgliesh faces too many suspects as he tries to discover who might have wanted to kill the universally hated Edward Lorrimer.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team investigate the murder of a trustee of the Dupayne, a small private London museum locked in a battle over its future, and find their probe complicated by a second corpse.

Commander Dalgliesh investigates a murder at a hospital nursing school, uncovering its secret world of sex and ambition.