Pressestimmen
'The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime.' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times 'P. D. James is one of the national treasures of British fiction... Each new book gives pleasure not just for macabre crimes or ingenious solutions but its density of experience.' Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday 'Unlike so many crime writers, James still has the power to move, fascinate and astonish.' Independent 'James... manages to invest even a simple mystery novel with a depth and intelligence that few in her trade can match.' The Times
Kurzbeschreibung
Im Herrenhaus von Martingale wird die junge Hausangestellte Sally Jupp ermordet aufgefunden. Ein komplizierter Fall für Kommissar Adam Dalgliesh von Scotland Yard, der den Täter im Familienkreis der Maxies vermutet, denn da brodelt es vor Haß und Eifersucht.
Synopsis
Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers and seemed ideal to help Mrs Maxie run a house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally was very different from the docile, repentant character she seemed to be. When a murder occurs, Chief Inspector Dalgliesh arrives.
Über den Autor
Phyllis D. James (eigentlich Phyllis White), geboren 1920 in Oxford, die unter ihrem Mädchennamen schreibt, war in einer Krankenhausverwaltung tätig und war mit einem britischen Arzt verheiratet.
