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Dramatický román o operaci mozkového nádoru a boji o život čtyřiatřicetileté ženy. Je psán formou rozhovorů se všemi, kteří měli k pacientce úzký vztah , nebo se na operaci podíleli. Kromě citové zainteresovanosti rodiny a přátel je zdůrazněn i profesionální zájem lékařů o prováděný výkon, jejich názory, myšlenky a reakce na probíhající operaci. Soukromý život a pracovní vztahy jsou zde potlačeny do pozadí. Známé téma zpracované neobvykle formou umělecké reportáže. ... celý text

Mladá žena beží v daždi... prenasledovaná neznámym mužom v aute. Keď sa príťažlivá a nadaná lekárka spamätá zo šoku, nájde sa vo vlatnej nemocnici a nevie si na nič spomenúť. O pár hodín neskôr nájdu jej kolegu bez znakov života v zamknutom dome neďaleko miesta, kde sa stala jej tragická nehoda. Lekárov v Notthinghamskej nemocnici sa zmocňujú obavy... Atmosfera strachu a hrozby visiacej nad hlavami lekarov.

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to visit the young man's theological college, St Anselm's - a place he knew as a boy - expecting a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence. Instead he finds himself embroiled in intrigue, conflict and dangerous secrets as the college is torn apart by a sacreligious and horrifying murder.

Obyvatelé idylické vesničky Bishop St. Leon se diví, co všechno si nechá Susan Trentová od svého syna Martina líbit. Jednoho dne přijíždí mezi místní obyvatele neznámý muž a představí se jako Adam Wilson. Ví, kde bydlí Trentovi, a nenápadně se na ně vyptává. Detektiv Roger, Adamův spolubydlící, se obává o Susaninu bezpečnost. Prohledá Adamova zavazadla a zjistí, že cestuje pod falešným jménem… Vysvětlení přinese teprve noční bouře, kdy do staré vrby na zahradě Trentových udeří blesk…

Commander Adam Dalgleish is called in to investigate the murder of one of the trustees of the Dupayne Museum.

Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers respite to over-stressed high authorities who require privacy and security. But demanding author Nathan Oliver is found strangled and hanging from the renovated lighthouse. Investigator Adam Dagliesh, his inspector Kate Miskin, and sergeant Francis Benton are all pre-occupied with their personal and love lives. The first victim was thoroughly disliked by visitors and residents for valid reasons, but the second, a recovered alcoholic priest, was admired by the skeleton staff. Suspects include Oliver's daughter Miranda, editor Dennis, animal researcher Dr Yelland, recently orphaned Dan, aged Emily, boatman Jago, sickly Dr Speidel, physician Dr Stavely and his unfaithful wife Jo, administrator Maycroft, housekeeper Mrs Plunkett, cook Mrs Burbridge, rebellious teen Millie. Past murders are uncovered and SARS threatens the island.

In London, the managing director of a stately publishing house is found dead, a stuffed snake in his mouth. The suspects are many: a rejected author, a discarded mistress, a resentful employee, to mention just a few. Commander Adam Dalgliesh sifts through their lives and the company's finances in order to find the killer.

Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray is soon embroiled in a mysterious case. Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic Castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down the hell'.

Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. Four weeks after agreeing to defend Gerry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, Miss Aldridge is found dead. Adam Dalgliesh investigates, only to find that her many enemies include colleagues, criminals, family - and even her lover.

Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the motherless, illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. At eighteen she exercises her right to find out the truth. What she discovers will change her life forever. Philippa embarks on a thrilling investigation, enters a new and terrifying world and soon comes to realize that she is not the only one interested in her parents' whereabouts. From the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and Death in Holy Orders, Innocent Blood is both a mystery and a thriller, a superb novel that explores the themes of self-identity, blood ties, guilt and revenge. P.D. James has been influential as a crime writer for many years and her writing is often compared to the work of authors such as Val Mcdermid, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. 'A fascinating psychological study of blood ties, guilt and revenge' Sunday Telegraph