Original Sin

De: P. D. James

Narrado por: Penelope Dellaporta

Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists. • Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV

“Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft.”—The New York Times Book Review

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable 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 who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. 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.

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“Complex and compelling.... James is writing in full mastery of her craft.”—The New York Times Book Review

“One of James's best novels.... James transcends literary classification.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“The queen of the British murder mystery demonstrates why the crown is hers.”—Newsday

“One of James's most savory fictions.... A marvelous tale.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“One of her most enjoyable and vigorous novels.”—The Plain Dealer

Good book, still needs some work on the audio thou

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Almost the first 6 hours are building up to the murder. So it's not really an edge of the seat type book. The nice thing is you do know all the characters. I somehow missed this one when I started reading P. D. James. I like the stories and I know what I'm getting.

Any additional comments?

The story like others of P. D. James is great though it did take a while to get started. I just wish there was more attention paid to the audio file. Every so often lines are repeated. It seems that an tape version was converted. At least we don't get the side 2 message.

Great!

Sometimes the narrator is hard to understand, but all in all a great production and a great story!

Intriguing, an electrifying mystery

This title is tough to put down. P.D. James continues to write beautiful prose and weave a plot that draws the reader into it. Some passages are electric with tension. Plus, I was particularly smitten by a minor character named Mandy. Listen with excitement and pleasure.

Too long

I would advise the listener to set the speed on at least 1.2; otherwise the narrator’s voice will put you to sleep. The second half of the story was better than the first half. I kept forgetting who was who as the back story of each character just slowly melded together and my mind would wander often. Overall the writing was very good but everything just went on too long.

A little too long

I like most of James' work, but this one seemed to take forever to get to the end. I think maybe what made it seem to drag so long is that I figured who was going to do the murdering, if not why, before the first one even took place. The reader is very good, but the story just needed a quicker pace, I think.