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Informationen zum Autor P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray! and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962)! An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972)! Innocent Blood (1980)! Children of Men (1992)! and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011). James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain! America! Italy and Scandinavia! including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities! was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors! and stood down from this role in 2013. Klappentext From the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley! Children of Men and The Murder Room! comes the fifth novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series! a thrilling work of crime fiction that explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder! with authority and sensitivity. Set on the Dorset coast, The Black Tower by P.D. James is the fifth Adam Dalgliesh mystery and a thrilling work of crime fiction from the bestselling author of Death in Holy Orders, Children of Men and Death Comes to Pemberley. Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley! Children of Men and The Murder Room! comes the fifth novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series! a thrilling work of crime fiction that explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder! with authority and sensitivity.