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Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James
22.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
When Nurse Pearce died within the gloomy precincts of the Nightingale Training College the situation looked grim enough. Then a second young nurse is found dead and suddenly Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh finds himself caught in a deadly web of intrigue, corruption and murder.
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James
27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
As a companion volume to The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories, a further six of P. D. James's ingenious short stories are published here together for the first time.As the six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each. Bullying schoolmasters receive their come ...Show more
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James
19.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A Washington Post Notable Book When it comes to crime, it's not always a question of "who dunnit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or the how. And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes they com ...Show more
The Children of Men by P. D. James
22.99 NZD
Category: Science Fiction
The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, unti ...Show more
The Lighthouse by P.D. James
29.00 NZD
30.00 (3% off)
Category: Thriller
Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers rest and seclusion to over-stressed professionals who have paid the price of getting to the top. But when one of these distinguished visitors is found hanging from the top of the island's lighthouse, murder - not suicide - is suspected. Commander Adam Dalgliesh ...Show more
The Lighthouse by P. D. James
24.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visi ...Show more
The Lighthouse by P. D. James
35.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction. Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of ...Show more
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 by P.D. James
28.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
In 1811, John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this vivid and gripping reconstruction P. D. James and T. A. Critchley draw on public records, newspaper clippings and hitherto ...Show more
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P. D. James
19.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a short story for Christmas, and four of the best have been drawn from the archives and published here together for the first time. From the title story about a strained country-house Christmas party, to another about an illici ...Show more
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P. D. James
27.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction
Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunning murder mysteries (two of which feature the young Adam Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow the author's own word, add up to a delightful "entertainment." The newly appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn i ...Show more