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Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries 3) by P. D. James, P. D. James is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh has been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long windswept walks, tea in front of a crackling wood fire and hot-buttered toast, Dalgliesh is relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a dinghy, dragging Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.Chapter OneThe corpse without hands lay in the bottom of a small sailing dinghy drifting just within sight of the Suffolk coast. It was the body of a middle-aged man, a dapper little cadaver, its shroud a dark pin-striped suit which fitted the narrow body as elegantly in death as it had in life. The hand-made shoes still gleamed except for some scruffing of the toe caps, the silk tie was knotted under the prominent Adam's apple. He had dressed with careful orthodoxy for the town, this hapless voyager; not for this lonely sea; nor for this death.It was early afternoon in mid October and the glazed eyes were turned upwards to a sky of

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Author
P. D. James, P. D. James
Publisher
Sphere Books
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9780722184363
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Social Science, True Crime
Rating
3.61 / 5 (18 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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