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'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times

The Peverell Press, a two-hundred-year-old publishing firm housed in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames, is certainly ripe for change. But the proposals of its ruthlessly ambitious new managing director, Gerard Etienne, have made him dangerous enemies - a discarded mistress, a neglected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues and staff. When Gerard's body is discovered bizarrely desecrated, there is no shortage of suspects and Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a murderer who is prepared to strike again.

'Classic P. D. James: rich, delicious and satisfying.' Evening Standard

'Puts the work of most of her rivals to shame.' Sunday Times

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• Crime, Thriller & MysteryCrime FictionBritish & IrishEnglish
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionAction & Adventure
• Literature & FictionClassicsClassics
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionMystery, Thriller & Suspense

• Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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• Print Length: 627 Pages
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