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
A hideous scream pierces the calm of the evening psychotherapy session. The body of a woman lies sprawled in the basement of the Steen clinic, a chisel thrust through her heart. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, gently relaxing at a literary party close by, hurries over to investigate the murder.
Synopsis
A hideous scream pierces the calm of the evening psychotherapy session. The body of a woman lies sprawled in the basement of the Steen clinic, a chisel thrust through her heart. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, gently relaxing at a literary party close by, hurries over to investigate the murder.
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.
