Genre: Fiction
Published: 1 August 1994
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Penguin
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Original Sin

by The Estate of P.D. James


The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at the Peverell Press, an old-established 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.

"Classic P.D. James: rich, delicious and satisfying"
- Sunday Times
"A superb mystery" - Daily Express

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