P. D James
21) Original sin
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In London, the managing director of a stately publishing house is found dead, a stuffed snake in his mouth. The suspects are many: a rejected author, a discarded mistress, a resentful employee, to mention just a few. Commander Adam Dalgliesh sifts through their lives and the company's finances in order to find the killer.
23) In murderous company: three complete novels featuring Detectives Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray
Author
Publisher
Wings Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
25) The black tower
Publisher
Koch Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Even though he is on vacation, Adam Dalgliesh will not rest until the seemingly unrelated murders and suicides plaguing Toynton Grange have been solved.
26) The murder room
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room.
Series
Publisher
Death Comes to Pemberley Ltd. ; Origin Pictures ; Far Moor Media ; Screen Yorkshire ; Lipsync Productions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home.
30) Unnatural causes
Publisher
Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates the bizarre murder of a man with his hands cut off found floating in a dinghy out at sea.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
33) Children of men
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Theo Faron is a bureaucrat in a Britain gone despotic. It is 2027 and the entire planet has gone infertile. Women no longer have babies, and chaos has erupted: war, rebellion, mass destruction, and a huge refugee problem, with the imposition of martial law. One day, Theo is kidnapped. His ex-wife Julian has a proposition for her former spouse, and because of their relationship, she thinks Theo will acquiesce. Theo is about to be tossed into a web...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Waterworld: In a future where Earth is covered with water, the human race struggles to survive on dilapidated boats and makeshift floating cities called atolls. When a mysterious drifter/adventurer known as the Mariner gets caught up in the struggle between the evil Deacon and a young girl and her adoptive mother, he finds himself catapulted into an explosive war of good vs. evil.
Skyline: It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern...