A Mind to Murder
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Author | P. D. James |
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Language | English |
Series | Adam Dalgliesh #2 |
Genre | Crime, mystery |
Publisher | Faber |
Publication date | 1963 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
OCLC | 46386132 |
Preceded by | Cover Her Face |
Followed by | Unnatural Causes |
A Mind to Murder (1963) is a crime novel by English writer P. D. James, the second in her Adam Dalgliesh series.[1]
Synopsis
In a psychiatric clinic late one night, the piercing scream of a dying woman shatters the calm, and Detective Superintendent Dalgliesh is called away from his literary soiree to investigate. He soon finds the body of a clinic employee sprawled across the cold basement floor, a chisel driven mercilessly through her heart; and so marks the beginning of a deadly psychological battle with an intellectual, predatory killer who feels no remorse, no regret and no self-control over darker impulses...
Reception
Chicago Daily News wrote about the novel: "With discernment, depth and craftsmanship, A Mind to Murder is a superbly satisfying mystery."[2]
References
External links
- A Mind to Murder at IMDb
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- Cover Her Face
- A Mind to Murder
- Unnatural Causes
- Shroud for a Nightingale
- The Black Tower
- Death of an Expert Witness
- A Taste for Death
- Devices and Desires
- Original Sin
- A Certain Justice
- Death in Holy Orders
- The Murder Room
- The Lighthouse
- The Private Patient
- Innocent Blood
- The Children of Men
- Death Comes to Pemberley
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