P.D. James: Original Sin / Death Of An Expert Witness

"Original Sin" - Book publishing has always been a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it's becoming cutthroat. Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh is called to the venerable publishing house by one of his long time literary heroes to look into a stream of hate mail received by some members of Peverell's Board. When a series of macabre deaths occur, Dalgliesh and his young DI team uncover a snake pit of family rivalry, sexual jealousy and dark secrets. it appears that the answer to murder lies buried deep in the past - but whose? "Death of an Expert Witness" - Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh wades through a complex web of desperation, revenge, blackmail and secret love to solve a series of murders at a government forensics lab. Dalgliesh has been hunting a "back seat strangler" in London. When a young woman's body is found sprawled over the back seat of a car abandoned in a bleak country quarry, he is rushed to the scene. Dalgliesh returns to London only to be urgently recalled to investigate when a senior forensic scientist is found murdered at a government facility not far from the quarry. Now, Dalgliesh has to break through the wall of fear surrounding the tight-knit staff before he can bring the killer of killers to justice.