Devices and Desires: A BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation

James, P. D.; Delafield, E. M.

ISBN 10: 0563528281 ISBN 13: 9780563528289

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

A BBC Radio full-cast dramatization starring Robin Ellis as Adam Dalgliesh. When Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh takes a well-deserved break in his newly inherited cottage on the Norfolk Coast, relaxation is the last thing he can expect. He becomes involved in the hunt for a serial killer, known as the Whistler, who is terrorising the small community of Larksoken. In the course of fifteen months the killer has claimed four victims and created a climate of mounting fear, with each murder seeming that much closer to home. When Dalgliesh discovers the body of a woman by the sea, it looks like the Whistler has claimed yet another life. But how could this be, when the killer's own body was found earlier that night along with a suicide note?

About this title

Review:

Perhaps her greatest novel. (Ian Sansom Guardian)

Magnificent . . . a compelling human drama. (Evening Standard)

The characters are vibrant, the writing distinguished, the descriptions of the mood and landscape perfect, the ironic ending nicely cynical. And over it all, a haunting Norfolk mist of dread, loneliness and ancient history. (Sunday Express)

P. D. James at better than her best . . . so interesting are her characters, so absorbing her depiction of time and place, so rich the texture of the tale she tells . . . She has exceeded herself. (New York Times)

Book Description:

A beautiful new edition of one of P.D. James's most-loved works -- the ideal place to start for a reader new to P.D James's books.

About this edition

• Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0563528281
• ISBN 13: 9780563528289
• Binding: Audio CD