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Fiction.
Mystery.
Short Stories.
HTML:Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our timeâ??swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment." /> The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder . . . A best-selling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier . . . Dalgliesh's godfather implores him to reinvestigate a notorious murder that might ease the godfather's mind about an inheritance, but which will reveal a truth that even the supremely upstanding Adam Dalgliesh will keep to himself. Each of these stories is as playful as it is ingeniously plotted, the author's sly humor as evident as her hallmark narrative elegance and shrewd understanding of some of the most complexâ??not to say the most damningâ??aspects of human nature. A treat for P. D. James's legions of fans and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfully wrought… (mais)
The Guardian describes this book as 'a box of crackers', and so it is. These are four short stories of murder most foul that were all originally published elsewhere, all set round about Christmas time. They're clever, and not at all likely to be mistaken for Scandi-noir. These quickly read little gems, nicely presented by Faber and Faber, would make an ideal stocking filler. ( )
Frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a short mystery story for Christmas publication, in this collection we have three of those efforts. My favourite is "The Twelve Clues of Christmas" which James has her protagonist, Detective Adam Dalgliesh, claim at the end of the story that it was his most Agatha Christie solution to a murder investigation. All the stories have a twist at the end to surprise the reader as to the solution or the guilt of the killer. A quick fun read. ( )
The first volume of two collected volumes of P D James short stories, the second being "Sleep no more: six murderous tales". Though I ordered them in publishing order I received and read the second first and think it has a slight edge over this shorter collection of four stories, two of which feature Adam Dalgliesh. I'm not entirely sure why as both collections are selected from works published throughout James's career, perhaps the introduction of Dalgliesh moves the collection into more familiar territory? Still, these are thrilling enough, each featuring a murder and all but the last (where the reluctant detective is a young Sergeant Dalgliesh in Agatha Christie mode) with a twist in their tail. A light read which I completed the afternoon I received the book. Recommended for detective story fans and James fans alike. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
"The Mistletoe Murder" One of the minor hazards of being a bestselling crime novelist is the ubiquitous question, "And have you ever been personally involved with a real-life murder investigation?"; a question occasionally asked with a look and tone which suggest that the Murder Squad of the Metropolitan Police might with advantage dig up my back garden.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
Bereavement is like a serious illness. One dies or one survives, and the medicine is time, not a change of scene.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
"The Twelve Clues of Christmas" "It was pure Agatha Christie."
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua lÃngua.
"A Very Commonplace Murder" is James' very first short story, "Moment of Power, originally published in 1968 and here retitled "A Very Commonplace Murder." "The Boxdale Inheritance" was originally published as "Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers" in 1979.
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Short Stories.
HTML:Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our timeâ??swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment."
The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is "pure Agatha Christie." . . . A "pedantic, respectable, censorious" clerk's secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a murder . . . A best-selling crime novelist describes the crime she herself was involved in fifty years earlier . . . Dalgliesh's godfather implores him to reinvestigate a notorious murder that might ease the godfather's mind about an inheritance, but which will reveal a truth that even the supremely upstanding Adam Dalgliesh will keep to himself. Each of these stories is as playful as it is ingeniously plotted, the author's sly humor as evident as her hallmark narrative elegance and shrewd understanding of some of the most complexâ??not to say the most damningâ??aspects of human nature. A treat for P. D. James's legions of fans and anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a masterfully wrought
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