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Adam Dalgliesh Series

Adam Dalgliesh Series

Adam Dalgliesh is a fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P. D. James; the first being James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face. He also appears in the two novels featuring James' other detective, Cordelia Gray. In the first novel, Dalgliesh is a Detective Chief Inspector. He eventually reaches the rank of Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in London. He is an intensely cerebral and private person. He writes poetry, a fact about which his colleagues are fond of reminding him. Several volumes of his poetry have been published. Dalgliesh lives in a flat above the Thames at Queenhithe in the City of London. In his lengthy career, he has been quite astute and successful and now heads a squad of CID officers working on only the most sensitive cases.  Dalgliesh is a late example of the gentleman detective, a staple of British detective fiction.Adam Dalgliesh is a fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P. D. James; the first being James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face. He also appears in the two novels featuring James' other detective, Cordelia Gray. In the first novel, Dalgliesh is a Detective Chief Inspector. He eventually reaches the rank of Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in London. He is an intensely cerebral and private person. He writes poetry, a fact about which his colleagues are fond of reminding him. Several volumes of his poetry have been published. Dalgliesh lives in a flat above the Thames at Queenhithe in the City of London. In his lengthy career, he has been quite astute and successful and now heads a squad of CID officers working on only the most sensitive cases.  Dalgliesh is a late example of the gentleman detective, a staple of British detective fiction.

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Cover Title Authors Rating Hits Status
cover Title: A Taste For Death Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 1409 Status: Available
cover Title: The Private Patient (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Book 14) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 1913 Status: Available
cover Title: Unnatural Causes (Adam Dagliesh Mystery Series #3) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 1968 Status: Available
cover Title: Cover Her Face Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2018 Status: Available
cover Title: Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #6) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2020 Status: Available
cover Title: Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #11) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2077 Status: Available
cover Title: Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #8) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2102 Status: Available
cover Title: Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #4) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2118 Status: Available
cover Title: The Murder Room (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Book 12) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2128 Status: Available
cover Title: A Mind to Murder (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #2) Authors: PD James Rating: 0 Hits: 2175 Status: Available

 
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