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El excitante thriller distópico de la reina del misterio P.D. James. La película Children of men, del director Alfonso Cuarón, está basada en este libro de P. D. James.Theo Faron es uno de los habitantes de la Inglaterra post-Omega (posterior a 1995, año Omega), un período en que los seres humanos han dejado de ser fértiles. No hay futuro para la humanidad y, resignado, Faron empieza a escribir su diario, donde relata la sordidez de una socied...

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

Six short stories from much-acknowledged 'Queen of Crime' P.D. James, each of which feature a surprising twist in the tale. Follows success of "The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories".

When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life.

The standalone dystopian novel of mass infertility and pervasive mystery from the Queen of Crime, set in 2021, reissued in a new edition. This title will appeal to fans of "The Handmaid's Tale" and Naomi Alderman's "The Power". 'Extraordinary... P.D. James stretches her considerable talents in this daring novel' "New York Times

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When 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 aunt's estate.

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P.D. James was often commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas.As the six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each.Bullying schoolmasters receive their comeuppance, unhappy marriages and childhoods are avenged, a murder in the small hours of Christmas Day puts an end to the vicious new lord of the manor, and, from the safety of his nursing home, an octogenar...

This volume contains six previously uncollected stories from the beloved "Queen of Crime" and author of Death Comes to Pemberley and other classic whodunits--swift, cunning murder mysteries from throughout her extraordinary career.

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Novela basada en un hecho real que conmocionó a la sociedad británica de comienzos del siglo XIX. Un crimen consterna a la sociedad londinense: dos familias, en una zona popular de la ciudad, son masacradas con saña. La presión política se traduce en una sucesión de pesquisas apresuradas y erróneas, y en el suicidio del inocente acusado de los crímenes. P. D. James (1920-2014) es autora de la exitosa serie protagonizada por Adam Dalgliesh, ent...

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En casi todas las cosas, el hospital John Carpendar era un hospital modélico. Nada parecía enturbiar esta impresión... hasta que una enfermera aparece muerta en extrañas circunstancias, y una segunda aumenta la macabra lista al poco tiempo. El superintendente Adam Dalgliesh va a ser el encargado de encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas que se plantean. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and c...

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the rise of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham, P. D. James brings a lifetime of reading and writing crime fiction to bear on this personal history of the genre. There are chapters on great American crime writers - the likes of Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett. James also discusses man...

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