Customer Review: The Murder Room is an Adam Dalgliesh murder mystery in which the stalwart detective and his team investigate a horrible murder at a small, family-owned museum. One of the unusual displays is called the Murder Room detailing information about infamous murders that occurred throughout English history.... more info
Customer Review: DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS is a top-notch mystery from the preeminent mystery writer of her generation, P.D. James. What DEATH does in being set at a seminary is allow James to flirt with religion and philosophy, two of her pet faves. And letting Dagliesh loose on his own stomping grounds was ingenius.... more info
Customer Review: I read five of P. D. James' books in this series. It took that long for her protagonist to say inaccurate and truly sickening things about people who use wheelchairs for mobility. She, through Adam, portrays them as whiny, pity-seeking parasites on society. Since I use a wheelchair myself, and am... more info
Customer Review: I enjoy PD James and her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries, but this one was tiresome. I finished, but didn't care when I got to the end. Even a tiresome PD James is better than most authors great books. The characters are a bit flat and there are too many of them. The first part was acceptably interesting,... more info
Customer Review: Hadn't read a PD James mystery novel for many years and had nearly forgotten Adam Dalgliesh -- but upon opening -- he came back quickly -- as did Ms James very dense style of writing and amazing host of complex characters. One thing that characterizes this novel and perhaps much of PD James,... more info
Customer Review: DEATH OF AN EXPERT WITNESS is P.D. James at her character developing, mystery establishing best. It held my interest from beginning to end.
Customer Review: I did sort-of like it, but the bouncing back and forth between perspectives got to me this time. I didn't like many of the characters, and came very close to setting the book down. I pushed through, though, mainly to get to the next book in the hope that it would be better. The mystery plotline was... more info
Customer Review: Innocent Blood is a good story about a rather unpleasant young woman. As a mystery novel, the book differs from the typical who-dunnit story. One murder has already been committed and has been solved in the past and another is being planned while the story unfolds. The book has great character... more info
