Original sin
By: P.D. James.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Dalgliesh, Adam (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Publishers and publishing -- Fiction; Police -- England -- London -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction
Description: In London, the managing director of a stately publishing house is found dead, a stuffed snake in his mouth. The suspects are many: a rejected author, a discarded mistress, a resentful employee, to mention just a few. Commander Adam Dalgliesh sifts through their lives and the company's finances in order to find the killer.