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A Certain Justice Audio Book
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A Certain Justice
Author:
P.D. James
Reader: Michael Jayston
As Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates the killing of a noted criminal lawyer, the murders continue, spiraling into fresh permutations of horror. Tenth in the series. "Immensely satisfying in both its intricate plot and complexity of characters."—Publishers Weekly
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Available Audio Book Editions:
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UNABRIDGED |
Audio CDs ( 13 ) |
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Publish Date: 07/03/2007
ISBN: 9780739343807
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Synopsis:
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When noted criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge turns up murdered after defending young Garry Ashe for the brutal killing of his mother, Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team struggle to unravel the case, which involves him in a series of deadly crimes linked to the complexities of the legal system. Read by Michael Jayston. Book available.
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Book Reviews:
| "As the investigation progresses, the plot turns are ingenious, and James does a terrific job of using the information she gives us in unexpected ways. Toward the end of the book she flirts with one of the great transgressions of the mystery genre, hinting she might leave the crime unsolved. By the last 50 pages I was reading furiously, almost as anxious to see how she would handle this structural issue as to find out who the murderer was. I'm happy to report I was in no way disappointed." |
| Salon - Rachel Pastan (12/16/1997) |
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| "James's people are wounded, compromised, familiar souls, whose quotidian frailties are exposed through an eye that is more sharp than generous, often witty but seldom funny. Around her central drama, James creates these smaller worlds with forensic precision, using incredible and melodramatic death to illustrate credible and movingly recognizable lives." |
| New York Times Book Review - Ben MacIntyre (12/07/1997) |
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| "Leaving aside the somewhat perfunctory ending, A Certain Justice is, in its economy, its relative swiftness of pace, and the complexity of its characters, one of P. D. James's most accomplished recent novels; it includes, a rarity in this cerebral writer's work, several chapters of thriller-type suspense." |
| New York Review of Books - Joyce Carol Oates (02/05/1998) |
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Author Bio:
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P. D. James always dreamed of being a writer as a child, but her plans were temporarily waylaid by World War II and a subsequent successful career in civil service. She joined the Red Cross at the outset of the war and married Ernest White in 1941. Though they had two daughters together, their marriage was marred by chronic mental disturbances that her husband suffered after the war, which eventually led to his death. From 1949 to 1968, James worked in a hospital in London, but never forgot her first passion. In 1962 she published her first novel, "Cover Her Face", which featured Detective Adam Dalgliesh, the cultured, sensitive protagonist for which she is best known. Other critically acclaimed novels include the bestseller "Innocent Blood" (1980) and "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" (1972), one of the first mysteries to feature a female investigator who is portrayed as capable of leading a dangerous investigation. James remained devoted to her career in civil service, working in the police department from 1968 to 1979 and serving on a variety of literary and arts councils after her retirement.
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