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Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. It takes place on Larksoken, a fictional isolated headland in Norfolk . The title comes from the service of Morning Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer : "We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts".
- P. D. James
- 454 pp (first edition, hardback)
- 1989
- 2 October 1989
Devices and Desires: With Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner. Whilst on holiday on the English coast in Norfolk, Commander Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the hunt for the serial killer - The Whistler - amidst a backdrop of mystery and intrigue surrounding the running of a local nuclear power station.
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- Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones
Jan 1, 1989 · Devices and Desires also contains some great dialogue that probes deeper issues, such as the detective's relationship to death, or the possible continuing relevance of the category of sin, or the possibility of justice in a world full of twisted devices and desires that enmesh our lives. This mystery does not disappoint.
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Alice Drinkworth. A murderer called the Whistler is stalking young women in the community around the Larsoken Nuclear Power Station. When Hilary Robarts, acting administrator of the power station, turns up dead, it seems identifying the perpetrator is a given, except it isn’t. “Devices and Desires,” the eighth book in the best-selling ...
Devices and Desires. PDF Cite Share. While on holiday and tying up the loose ends of his late aunt’s estate, Adam Dalgliesh quite literally stumbles over a murder victim and is plunged into a ...
Whilst on holiday on the English coast in Norfolk, Commander Adam Dalgleish becomes embroiled in the hunt for the serial killer — The Whistler — amidst a bac...
May 11, 2004 · But in Devices and Desires, she is so at the top of her form that to rush though would itself be a crime.” — The Kansas City Star “Undiluted pleasure.” — Newsday “Vintage P.D. James. . . . Devotees of Britain’s Queen of Crime will be enthralled . . . showcasing lyrical prose abounding with vivid imagery, suberbly delineated ...
