P. D James

Series

Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 5

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

Description

Responding to an old friend's call, Commander Adam Dalgliesh travels to Toynton Grange, a convalescence home in Dorset, where he finds his friend dead and, himself weakened by a recent illness, encounters multiple murder and malicious intrigue.

22) Unnatural causes

Author

Series

Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 3

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

Description

The peaceful village of Monksmere had been Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh's retreat from the daily routine of Scotland Yard. Now a man has been murdered and the village reveals its concealed lies and hatreds.

23) Deadly pleasures: three masterly detective novels

Author

Pub. Date

c1996

Physical Desc

981 p. ; 24 cm.

Description

Black Tower -- Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh receives a call for advice from the elderly chaplain at Toynton Grange, an isolated nursing home on the coast of England. But by the time Dalgliesh arrives, Father Baddeley has mysteriously died, as has one of his patients. Death of an Expert Witness -- Dr. Lorrimer appeared to be the picture of a bloodless, coldly efficient scientist. Only when his brutally slain body is...

24) Time to be in earnest: a fragment of autobiography

Author

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

553 p.

25) P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and Death of an Expert Witness

Author

James, P.D

Series

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh

Pub. Date

2015

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

English police detective Adam Dalgliesh solves crime in this ebook collection that includes six of your favorite P.D. James mysteries!

26) P.D. James: the essential collection : volume 1

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

6 videodiscs (843 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

"Hailed as Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by critics and fans alike, P.D. James is one of the most celebrated mystery writers of all-time. From the diabolical to the macabre, this 'essential collection' presents her most compelling film adaptations."

27) P.D. James: the essential collection : volume 2

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

6 videodiscs (843 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

28) The murder room

Pub. Date

[2005]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room.

29) Death in holy orders

Pub. Date

[2004]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Commander Dalgliesh is asked by Sir Alfred Treeves, a successful businessman, to investigate the death of his son, one of the young ordinands of the theological college of St. Anselm's in East Anglia.

30) Devices and desires

Pub. Date

[2008]

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh retreats to an isolated town for some rest, but his isolation is shattered when he discovers he cannot escape murder.

31) Death comes to Pemberley

Pub. Date

2014

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home.

32) Dalgliesh: series 1

Pub. Date

2022.

Physical Desc

2 videodisc (283 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.

33) A mind to murder

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm.

Description

Investigating a savage death at an exclusive psychiatric clinic, Dalgliesh is caught in a whirlwind of political intrigue and deceit.

34) Children of men

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (1hr., 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth.

35) Dalgliesh: series 2

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (287 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

In 1970s England, Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, investigate the murders of a forensic scientist, a controversial lawyer, and a young doctor at odds with his family.

36) Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories

Author

Olmsted, Nelson

Description

Nelson Olmsted "Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories" Included in audiobook: The Signal Man By Charles Dickens The Mummy's Foot By Theophile Gautier Markheim By Robert Louis Stevenson An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge By Ambrose Bierce What Was It? By Fitz-James O'Brien The Body Snatcher By Robert Louis Stevenson

37) Dalgliesh - Season 2: Death of an Expert Witness, Part 1

Author

Series

Dalgliesh volume 1

Description

A girl's body is found in a remote part of Norfolk. The postmortem seems routine, but shortly afterwards the senior biologist at the forensics lab is murdered. DCI Adam Dalgliesh and DS Kate Miskin are called in to lead the inquiry.

38) Dalgliesh - Season 2: The Murder Room, Part 1

Author

Series

Dalgliesh volume 5

Description

Marcus and Caroline Dupayne struggle to convince their brother, Neville, to renew the lease on their family's museum. When Neville's car is torched on the museum grounds and he perishes inside, all who work there are suspects-including his siblings.

39) Dalgliesh - Season 2: A Certain Justice, Part 1

Author

Series

Dalgliesh volume 3

Description

Not long after securing an acquittal for Garry Ashe in his aunt's murder, controversial defense barrister Venetia Aldridge is fatally stabbed. Suspicion falls on her colleagues, with whom she fought, and on her daughter's fiancé-none other than Ashe.

40) Dalgliesh - Season 2: Death of an Expert Witness, Part 2

Author

Series

Dalgliesh volume 2

Description