A certain justice
By: P.D. James.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Dalgliesh, Adam (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Police -- England -- Fiction.
Genres: crime; fiction
First sentence: "Murderers do not usually give their victims notice."
Description: "Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her career as a criminal lawyer. But Regina V. Ashe initiates events both frightening and unpredictable...

Just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead in her Middle Temple chambers. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients Venetia has defended: her professional colleagues, her family - even her lover. As Dalgliesh and his team narrow the field of suspects, a second brutal murder draws them into greater complexiteis of intrigue and evil."
Table of contents: label: Book One
title: Counsel for the Defence
pagenum: 1; label: Book Two
title: Death in Chambers
pagenum: 119; label: Book Three
title: A Letter from the Dead
pagenum: 265; label: Book Four
title: The Reed Beds
pagenum: 415