P.D.James
Original Sin
See Review The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at the Peverell Press, an old-eatablished publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames.
The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant new managing director whose ruthless ambition has made him many enemies: a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author and rebellious colleagues. Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a killer who is prepared to strike again.
"Original Sin finds P.D.James on top form. The crimes and the detection of the murderer are, of course, central to the book, and superbly plotted they are; but this is no mere thriller... James is interested in the soul, not just in the mind, of a killer" Daily Telegraph
"Compelling... every character in Original Sin is portrayed with perception and understanding" The Times
"A complex, compelling novel... flows along in 19th century style, wide, deep, magisterial... Lady James, a novelist of broad gifts and great skill, here is writing in full mastery of her craft" The New York Book Review