The Murder Room An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery [Paperback]

National Bestseller 

Murders present meet murders past in P.D. James’s latest harrowing, thought-provoking thriller.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne--a museum dedicated to the interwar years, with a room celebrating the most notorious murders of that time--when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the family trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of the fellow trustees and the Dupayne's devoted staff.  Everyone, it seems, has something to gain from the crime.  When it becomes clear that the murderer has been inspired by the real-life crimes from the murder room--and is preparing to kill again--Dalgliesh knows that to solve this case he has to get into the mind of a ruthless killer.“The Murder Roomis James’s most suspenseful, atmospheric novel in years and has no shortage of surprise twists.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Another elegant tale of murder, mystery, human misery and the wonder of loveÉ. James explores the lowest of depravity . . . with the most elegant prose.” —USA Today

“Riveting . . . exquisite, absorbing. . . .The Murder Roompossesses everything we desire, no, long for, from James.” —The Miami Herald

Elegantly constructed, beautifully written . . . [The Murder Room] is cause for rejoicing. . . . [It]is that much-sought-after but rare combination of reading that both transports the reader to another world and engages the imagination. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Difficult--and delightful--as it is to believe, P. D. James keeps getting better. . . .The Murder Roommight be the best mystery novel of 2003. . . . This is a book to savor . . . with writing so felicitous the reader doesn't want it l“S