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Original sin

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his investigative team are confronted with a murder at the offices of the Peverell Press, one of the oldest of the London publishing houses. Now, they must pursue a killer prepared to strike and strike again.

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  • "Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his investigative team are confronted with a murder at the offices of the Peverell Press, one of the oldest of the London publishing houses. Now, they must pursue a killer prepared to strike and strike again."
  • "Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his investigative team are confronted with a murder at the offices of the Peverell Press, one of the oldest of the London publishing houses. Now, they must pursue a killer prepared to strike and strike again."@en
  • "A ruthless publisher is found dead in London, his body bizarrely desecrated. There is no shortage of suspects, as his enemies were many. Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzling case and a murderer prepared to kill again."@en
  • "This story is set in a publishing firm, the Peverell Press. Chairman, Henry Peverell has just died,; his French partner Jean-Philippe Etienne, has retired and Etienne's ruthless son Gerard has taken over as chairman and managing director. He has enemies: a discarded mistress, a humiliated author, his colleagues and threatened members of his staff. When he is found dead on the premises, his body desecrated, there is no shortage of suspects."@en
  • "Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of baffling complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies - a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of whom apparently killed herself a short time before. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again."@en
  • "Adam Dalgliesh and Scotland Yard are looking into murders at Innocent House, the offices of London publishing house Peverell Press. On her first day of work, temporary typist Mandy Price finds the body of editor Sonia Clements. Soon the managing director, Gerard Etienne, is found dead with the office mascot, stuffed snake Hissing Sid, in his mouth. A manuscript has been altered and some illustrations have disappeared."@en
  • "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 Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a murderer who is prepared to strike again."@en
  • "Book publishing has always been a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it's becoming cutthroat."
  • "When Gerard Etienne turns up dead at the English publishing firm he has just taken over, there is no shortage of suspects. The ruthless new chairman of Peverell Press had a host of enemies : rejected authors, disenchanted colleagues and a discarded lover. Detective Adam Dalgliesh and company untangle this mess, replete with complex dynamics and hiding a killer who won't hesitate to strike again."
  • "When Gerard Etienne turns up dead at the English publishing firm he has just taken over, there is no shortage of suspects. The ruthless new chairman of Peverell Press had a host of enemies : rejected authors, disenchanted colleagues and a discarded lover. Detective Adam Dalgliesh and company untangle this mess, replete with complex dynamics and hiding a killer who won't hesitate to strike again."@en
  • "Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a murderer who is prepared to kill again."
  • "Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a murderer who is prepared to kill again."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
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  • "Original sin : an Adam Dalgliesh mystery"
  • "Original sin"
  • "Original sin"@en
  • "Original sin an Adam Dalgliesh mystery"
  • "Original sin an Adam Dalgliesh mystery"@en

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