Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing home for rich patients being treated by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.

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 visitors is bizarrely murdered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and...

As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime," P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume [...] P. D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery...

A orillas del Támesis, y en una réplica de un palacio veneciano construido en 1830, se halla la editorial Peverell Press, una austera empresa familiar que un joven francés, emprendedor y ambicioso, se propone relanzar con todos los recursos del márketing y la comunicación modernos. El joven empresario cae asesinado y su cadáver se encuentra en uno de los locales de la editorial. Se especula sobre los motivos del asesinato: la naturaleza de los...