Devices and Desires (James P. D.)(Paperback)

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE ‘QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME’ (Guardian) ‘A legend.’ VAL MCDERMID‘P. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.’ MICK HERRON‘Perhaps her greatest novel.’ GuardianPERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS__________________________________________________________________________________Dalgliesh thought he was inured to horror – but this was the first time he’d stumbled upon a murdered body.When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his late aunt's estate. A serial killer known as ‘the Whistler’ has been terrorising the area – but it isn’t his case. He isn’t going to get involved.Then, not far from his aunt’s home, he stumbles on a body. Unable now to keep his distance, he must navigate not only the looming weight of the power station’s influential leaders but his aunt’s friends and neighbours – all of whom could be suspects – if he wants to help the local police understand this latest crime. But could there really be more than one murderer here?__________________________________________________________________________________‘Magnificent . . . a compelling human drama.’ Evening Standard ‘A masterpiece.’ 5* reader review‘Unsettling and memorable.’ 5* reader review‘Plea
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