description: Commander Adam Dalgliesh, P. D. James’s formidable and fascinating detective, returns to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying story of passion and mystery -- and in love.
  
The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919 -- 1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether it should be closed, one of them is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Yet even as Commander Dalgliesh and his team proceed with their investigation, a second corpse is discovered. Someone in the Dupayne is prepared to kill and kill again. Still more sinister, the murders appear to echo the notorious crimes of the past featured in one of the museum’s galleries: the Murder Room.The case is fraught with danger and complications from the outset, but for Dalgliesh the complications are unexpectedly profound. His new relationship with Emma Lavenham -- introduced in the last Dalgliesh novel, Death in Holy Orders -- is at a critical stage. Now, as he moves closer and closer to a solution to the puzzle, he finds himself driven further and further from commitment to the woman he loves.The Murder Room is a powerful work of mystery and psychological intricacy from a master of the modern novel.Author Biography: P. D. James is the author of 17 previous books, most of which have been filmed for television. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain’s Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honours, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. In 2000 she celebrated her 80th birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.
language: English
title: The Murder Room
titlecomplete: The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh, #12)
characters: Ryan Archer, Neville Dupayne, Muriel Godby, Alison Dupayne, Marcus Dupayne, Mrs. Strickland, James Calder-Hyde, Sarah Dupayne, Tally Clutton, Caroline Dupayne, Piers Tarrant, Kate Miskin, Angela Faraday, Emma Lavenham, Adam Dalgliesh
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Murder Mystery, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 14756
places: London, England
series: Adam Dalgliesh
publisher: Books on Tape