A Mind to Murder

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name = A Mind To Murder
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author = P. D. James
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Adam Dalgliesh #2
genre = Crime, Mystery
publisher = Simon & Schuster
release_date = 1963
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 256 pp (paperback)
isbn = ISBN 978-0-743-21958-7
preceded_by = Cover Her Face
followed_by = Unnatural Causes

A Mind to Murder (1963) is a crime novel by P. D. James, the second in her Adam Dalgliesh series, about the celebrated detective and amateur poet. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Murder-P-D-James/dp/0571228577]

ynopsis

In a psychiatric clinic late one night, the piercing scream of a dying woman shatters the calm, and Superintendent Dalgliesh is called away from his literary soiree to investigate. He soon finds the body of a patient sprawled across the cold basement floor, a chisel driven mercilessly through her heart; and so marks the beginning of a deadly psychological battle with an intellectual, predatory killer who feels no remorse, no regret and no self control over his darker impulses...

Reception

"With discernment, depth and craftsmanship, A Mind to Murder is a superbly satisfying mystery." - "Chicago Daily News" [http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780743219587]

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