When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his aunt's estate. But the peace of Larksoken is illusory. A serial killer known as the Whistler is terrorising the neighbourhood and Dalgliesh is drawn into the lives of the headlanders when it quickly becomes apparent that the Whistler isn't the only murderer at work under the sinister shadow of the power station.

Par action et par omission

Rien ne semble devoir troubler l'existence ordonnee de Pemberley, le domaine ancestral de la famille Darcy, ni perturber le bonheur d'Elizabeth, la maitresse des lieux. Elle est la mere de deux charmants bambins et Jane, sa soeur preferee, habite tout pres. Cette felicite se trouve soudain menacee lorsque, a la veille du bal d'automne, un drame contraint les Darcy a recevoir la plus jeune soeur d'Elizabeth et son mari, que leurs frasques passees ont rendu indesirables a Pemberley. Avec eux s'invitent la mort, la suspicion et la resurgence de rancunes anciennes. Tout en restant fidele aux personnages du roman de Jane Austen, P.D. James imagine avec brio une suite - policiere - a Orgueil et prejuges.On frissonne de terreur - et d'excitation - dans le Derbyshire ! P.D. James redonne toute leur intensite aux detestations des soeurs, son lustre a la vie de chateau, le tout dans une excellente enquete. Julie Malaure, Le Point.

La mort s'invite à Pemberley

Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh, Tome 2

On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in Lindon. but when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh pf Scotland Yard is called in to investigate and quickly find himself caught in a whirlwind of psychiatry, sex, drug and deceit. Now he must analyse the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts has resulted in murder and stop a cunning killer before the next blow.

Une Folie Meurtriere (Adam Dalgliesh, #2)

En vacances sur la côte du Norfolk, l'inspecteur Dalgliesh compte bien oublier Scotland Yard pour quelque temps. Il se promène, fait connaissance avec les personnalités de l'endroit, le directeur de la centrale nucléaire voisine, l'écologiste qui depuis sa caravane anime la « résistance », et d'autres encore. Et il n'a aucune envie de se préoccuper de l'étrangleur qui sévit dans la région.Mais voilà qu'au cours d'une promenade il découvre lui-même un cadavre portant la « signature » de l'étrangleur - une mutilation particulièrement macabre. Or le criminel, on l'apprend presque aussitôt, s'est suicidé avant que ce dernier meurtre ait été commis...

Par Action Et Par Omission (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)

Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death."Richly intricate and literate," James's second Cordelia Gray mystery "shows James at the height of her story telling powers" "(San Francisco Chronicle)."

L'île Des Morts (Cordelia Gray, #2)

"At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest," wrote Samuel Johnson, and bestselling crime writer P.D. James took this maxim as a challenge, setting out to record "one year that otherwise might be lost." The result is a fascinating and reflective account, part diary and part memoir, of one very full year of Baroness James's life, interspersed with her memories and intelligent analysis of "what it was like to be born two years after the end of the First World War and to live for seventy-eight years in this tumultuous century." P.D. James grew up in Cambridge, England, between the wars and worked in the home office of the forensic and criminal justice departments, which sparked her interest in that area, though she did not become a published novelist until 1962 with Cover Her Face. She began to write full-time after her "retirement" in 1979, and along the way became a governor of the BBC before taking a seat in the House of Lords in 1991. Time to Be in Earnest is a lucid and penetrative work by one of the most influential figures currently involved with the arts in Britain. James reveals her vast scope for enjoyment, interest, and simply getting on with life (her husband, Connor White, died at the age of 44 in 1964 after years of mental illness), whether it be spending time with her children and grandchildren, musing on the hideous British architectural mistakes of the 1960s, or giving her view of the controversies continually surrounding the running of the BBC. At an age when many people would be considering slowing down, James seems constantly on the move, recording her day-to-day existence and her past with an alert and judicious eye. "I am sustained by the magnificent irrationality of faith," she states. "I inhabit a different body, but I can reach back over nearly 70 years and recognise her as myself. Then I walked in hope--and I do so still." --Catherine Taylor, Amazon.co.uk

Il Serait Temps D'être Sérieuse

When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . .

Un certain goût pour la mort

Rien ne semble devoir troubler l'existence ordonnée et protégée de Pemberley, le domaine ancestral de la famille Darcy, dans le Derbyshire, ni perturber le bonheur conjugal de la maîtresse des lieux, Elizabeth Darcy. Elle est la mère de deux charmants bambins ; sa soeur préférée, Jane, et son mari, Bingley, habitent à moins de trente kilomètres de là ; et son père adulé, Mr Bennet, vient régulièrement en visite, attiré par l'imposante bibliothèque du château. Mais cette félicité se trouve soudain menacée lorsque, à la veille du bal d'automne, un drame contraint les Darcy à recevoir sous leur toit la jeune soeur d'Elizabeth et son mari, que leurs frasques passées ont rendu indésirables à Pemberley. Avec eux s'invitent la mort, la suspicion et la résurgence de rancunes anciennes. Dans La mort s'invite à Pemberley, P.D. James associe sa longue passion pour l'ouvre de Jane Austen à son talent d'auteur de romans policiers pour imaginer une suite à Orgueil et Préjugés et camper avec brio une intrigue à suspense. Elle allie une grande fidélité aux personnages d'Austen au plus pur style de ses romans policiers, ne manquant pas, selon son habitude, d'aborder les problèmes de société - ici, ceux de l'Angleterre du début du XIXe siècle.

Par action et par omission

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