A mind to murder
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A piercing scream, shattering the evening calm, brings Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from his literary party to the nearby Steen Psychiatric Clinic, where he discovers the body of a woman sprawled on the basement floor, a chisel thrust through her heart. As Dalgliesh probes beneath the apparently unruffled calm of the clinic, he discovers that many an intrigue lies hidden behind the Georgian terrace's unassuming facade. Professionally, he has never known the taste of failure. Now, for the first time, he feels unsure of his own mastery as he battles to unmask a cool killer who is proving to be his intellectual equal, and who is poised to strike again.
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14 primary books16 released books#2 in Adam Dalgliesh
Adam Dalgliesh is a 16-book series with 14 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by P.D. James and P. D. James.
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Dear Daddy, what am I doing wrong? Why can't I get into these P.D. James books? I tried, I tried so hard but I had to put it down after 2 very tedious chapters. You were dead on about Elizabeth George. She's the bomb. Every time a new book of hers comes out, I am so sad you are not here to read it. Kind of like I'm so sad you missed the first Matrix, Harry Potter, and His Dark Materials. But PD James just doesn't draw me in. Who cares about all those repressed therapists at the psychiatric hospital? And her Adam Dagliesh leaves me snoozing. Where's his love affair the reviewers keep mentioning? I feel like a failure for not finishing it. But I will keep trying. Someday, Daddy. Until then we'll still have Elizabeth George and Doctor Who.
Short review: It is fine. Nothing special. Slow start, the end is a bit rushed. If I have not been assured that the series as a whole is really good I would probably quit. But I have been assured the series is really good. So I will slowly work through them.
