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Devices and desires [electronic resource] / P.D. James.
Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline. Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt.
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- ISBN: 9781415961582 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1415961581 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [New York ] : Books on Tape, 2009.
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| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 18:19:02. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Penelope Dellaporta. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 263242 KB; MP3 file size: 516131 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. Mystery fiction. |
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER â¢Â Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline. ⢠Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV
âTaut.... Absorbing.... Better than her best.â âThe New York Times Book Review
âA masterful writer.... Devices and Desires seems to be that highly prized workâa terrific tale of suspense and detection that also delivers the satisfaction of a mainstream novel.â âThe Wall Street Journal
Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career. - Random House Digital
National Bestsellerà Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline. Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career.From the Trade Paperback edition. - Random House, Inc.
National Bestseller Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline. Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career.From the Trade Paperback edition.
