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Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her career as a criminal lawyer. But Regina v Ashe initiates events both frightening and unpredictable... Just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients Venetia has defended, her professional colleagues, her family - even her lover. As Dalgliesh narrows the field of suspects, a second brutal murder draws them into greater complexities of intrigue and evil.

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'Ingenious and beautifully written, this is P. D. James at her highly impressive best'
Charles Osborne in The Daily Telegraph

'P. D. James is one of the national treasures of British fiction . . . Hers is still, thank goodness, the world of the classic detective tale'
Malcolm Bradbury in the Mail on Sunday

'A page-turner of a plot which leads to a deeply satisfying denouement'
Gerald Kaufman in The Daily Telegraph

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