The Black Tower: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Book 5)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007OV6AT8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to the bedside of an elderly priest. When Dalgliesh arrives, Father Baddeley is dead. Is it merely his own brush with mortality that causes Dalgliesh to sense the shadow of death about to fall once more?"Splendid, macabre," wrote the London Sunday Telegraph. "The Black Tower is a masterpiece," the London Sunday Times concurred.
“One of the finest, most absorbing craftsmen of the profession.” (The Washington Post)“A champion of the detective mystery.” (The New York Times)“One of the most chilling crime writers around.” (Observer)"The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime." (The Sunday Times (London))“A consummately good crime novel, a masterpiece." (Sunday Times (UK))
She was awarded the OBE in 1983 and created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. Widely acknowledged as "the greatest contemporary writer of classic crime" (The London Sunday Times), she has written twenty books and been awarded major prizes for her crime writing in Great Britain, America, Italy, and Scandinavia. After 30 years in the civil service, including a senior position in the Police and Criminal Justice Departments of Great Britain's
Gary F. Taylor said Murder In An Unrelentingly Dark Mood. P.D. James is reknowned for her ability to combine the psychological novel with the classic murder mystery--but now and then her emphasis on psychology so overshadows her plot that it becomes hard to describe the work as a murder mystery per se. Such. "The Chair Did It !!!" according to Dorothy Collins. Too slow in character development , too many characters that you had to go back to remember who they were when the plot finally ended. Not one of her best.. willia said Don't miss the return of Adam Dalglish and his missed diagnosis.. P D James at her best! Read it twice to make sure I did not miss anything in the developing plot Ending was graphic!