Adam Dalgliesh Books in Order

by P. D. James #527 most popular 14 books · 1962–2008

fictional character in mystery novels by P. D. James

Publication order

In the order the books were originally released.

Companion & related books

Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.

Death of an Expert Witness

1977 · P. D. James

Death of an Expert Witness is a detective novel by P. D. James, the sixth in her Adam Dalgliesh series. Published in 1977 in the UK by Faber and…
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Devices and Desires

1989 · P. D. James

A 1989 novel by P. D. James featuring Commander Adam Dalgliesh, who is escaping publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast when…
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The Private Patient

2008 · P. D. James

Cheverell Manor is an old house in Dorset that now serves as a private clinic run by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. Investigative…
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Cover Her Face

1962 · P. D. James

A sly and sensuous young woman, who climbed the social ladder using her body and her intelligence, is murdered by someone who believes her actions…
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Original Sin

1994 · P. D. James

Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates a murder at the Peverell Press, a historic London publishing house located in a mock-Venetian building on the…
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Shroud for a Nightingale

1971 · P. D. James

The novel follows the young women of Nightingale House, a nursing school where students learn to care for the sick. During a demonstration of nursing…
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A Taste for Death

1991 · P. D. James

When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to…
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Unnatural Causes

1962 · P. D. James

Maurice Seton was a famous mystery writer whose real-life death was more horrifying than any murder he had written. His body was found in a drifting…
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A Certain Justice

1997 · P. D. James

Venetia Aldridge QC is a respected barrister who takes on the case of Garry Ashe, accused of murdering his aunt. Her decision to defend him sets off…
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Death in Holy Orders

2001 · P. D. James

A theological college on the East Anglian seacoast faces both physical and spiritual erosion. When a student's body is found buried in the sand, his…
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The Lighthouse

2005 · P. D. James

Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful. When a distinguished visitor is found hanging from the…
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A Mind to Murder

1963 · P. D. James

A piercing scream disrupts the evening calm, drawing Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh from a literary party to the Steen Psychiatric Clinic. There, he…
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The Murder Room

2003 · P. D. James

Commander Dalgliesh investigates a murder at the Dupayne, a private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath that focuses on the years 1919-1939. The…
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The Black Tower

1975 · P. D. James

Commander Adam Dalgliesh, recovering from a serious illness, is called to Toynton Grange, an isolated nursing home on the English coast, after the…
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