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Devices and Desires Audio Book

Devices and Desires:
The BBC Radio Collection
Author: P.D. James
BBC Full Cast Dramatization

Looking for peace and privacy on the Norfolk coast, Commander Dalgliesh instead stumbles onto the trail of a psychotic strangler. As this quiet poet/policeman investigates, he becomes deeply involved in the secrets of the headland community. Eighth in the series. "Intricate, layered mystery... deeply and sympathetically plumbed characters."—Publishers Weekly » Read More

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Publish Date: 04/01/2006
ISBN: 9780792739890

Author Bio:

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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