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Language: English
Published by Alred A. Knopf, 1990
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- Title
- Devices and Desires
- Author
- P. D. James
- Publisher
- Alred A. Knopf
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394580702
- ISBN 13
- 9780394580708
- Series
- Book 8 of 14: Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries
A serial killer of women is on the loose on the Norfolk coast in a community overshadowed by the Larksoken nuclear power station. Commander Dalgliesh, who is staying at his aunt's converted windmill, becomes in-volved in the hunt for the murderer, a search that implicates him in the concerns and dangerous secrets of the headland community.
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About the Author
P.D. James was born in Oxford in 1920. She spent 30 years in various sections of the British Civil Service, including the Police, where she was involved with the forensic science service, and the Criminal Policy department. She was also the first woman Director of the BBC. Over the years, she has received numerous awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 1983 she received the OBE, and she was created a life peer in 1991. She lives in London.
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