Series
Summary
When the body of a student is found on the shore of the East Anglian coast, Commander Dalgliesh who is due for a holiday pays a visit. The weekend brings another murder and he soon finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career. Full description
Summary: |
When the body of a student is found on the shore of the East Anglian coast, Commander Dalgliesh who is due for a holiday pays a visit. The weekend brings another murder and he soon finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career. |
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Physical Description: |
415 pages ; 25 cm |
ISBN: |
9780812977233 0812977238 9780375412554 0375412557 |
Author Notes: |
Her first novel, Cover Her Face, was published in 1962. She wrote approximately 20 books during her lifetime including the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series, the Cordelia Gray Mystery series, and Death Comes to Pemberley. She became a full-time writer in 1979. Three titles in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series received the Silver Dagger award--Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and A Taste for Death. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. Her dystopian novel, The Children of Men, was adapted into a movie in 2006. She received the Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. She died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) |