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Top flight criminal attorney Venetia Aldridge (Penny Downie), a high-profile woman with an abrasive reputation and turbulent private life, has been found dead in her office, stabbed through the heart with her own paper knife. Commander Dalgliesh and his team are called to investigate the murder. As Dalgliesh and Detective Inspector Kate Miskin (Sarah Winman) unravel the complex clues to Venetia's bizarre death, the other members of her prestigious chambers close ranks against the embarrassing questions of Scotland Yard's top commander. Then, just as a prime suspect is within Dalgliesh's grasp, an apparent suicide throws the case into turmoil.

Roy Marsden stars as poetry-loving detective Adam Dalgliesh in this three-part adaptation of P.D. James' A Certain Justice.

Hailed as Britain’s "Queen of Crime" by critics and fans alike, P.D. James is one of the most celebrated mystery writers of all time. Her first novel, Cover Her Face, introduced the world to the brilliant and poetic mind of Scotland Yard’s Adam Dalgliesh. Audiences have been captivated ever since! <P>From the diabolical to the macabre, this "essential collection" presents nine critically acclaimed P.D. James film adaptations on 15 discs – each starring Roy Marsden in a compelling Adam Dalgliesh Mystery. Includes: Death of an Expert Witness, <i>Shroud for a Nightingale, Cover Her Face, <i>The Black Tower, <i>A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, <i>Unnatural Causes, A Mind for Murder, <i>Original Sin

Martin Shaw stars as Scotland Yard detective Commander Adam Dalgliesh who is called to conduct an unwelcome investigation in an isolated religious college torn apart by suicide and murder.Running Time: 180 min.System Requirements:Running Time 180 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR UPC: 794051201829 Manufacturer No: E2018

A serial killer known as "the Whistler" has been terrorizing the women of London and Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) gets caught up in the search in this adaptation of P.D. James’ best-selling mystery. With twists and turns around every corner, Dalgliesh must navigate through an assortment of bizarre suspects to stop the murderer once and for all. Will he solve the case before it’s too late?

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/25/2005 Rating: Nr

Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room. <P><b>DVD Features:
Biographies:Biographies of the cast and writer
Interviews:P.D. James interview from BBC archive <br>

When threatening letters arrive at his fashionable London home, prominent Government Minister Sir Paul Berowne calls his old friend Adam Dalgliesh for assistance.

Berowne’s own household is a challenge. His exquisite wife makes no secret of her adulterous affair with a fashionable surgeon. His only daughter, deeply involved in left-wing politics, has rejected her Conservative father. He is even resented by his own, strong-willed mother, whose favored son was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush.

Dalgliesh has barely started on the case when a series of bizarre deaths turn the informal investigation into an urgent assignment.

With characteristic determination Scotland Yard’s enigmatic star detective pursues every possibility, ruthlessly exposing dark secrets and ugly emotions as the case proceeds toward its terrifying and bloody conclusion.

Stars Roy Marsden, Dame Wendy Hiller, Simon Ward, Fiona Fullerton and Penny Downie

Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) finds himself caught in a whirlwind of political intrigue, blackmail and deceit when he is called to investigate a savage killing at the Steen Clinic, a discreet psychiatric and drug abuse treatment center for the elite. He arrives at the scene under strict orders to conduct a quick investigation. As the pressure mounts to name the murderer, Dalgliesh senses a cover up among his superiors, hostility from the staff and a growing fear that the killer will strike again.

P.D. James's indefatigable Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh is knee deep into a another series of mysterious deaths in this mini-series based on the popular novel. When three seemingly disparate murders and two bizarre suicides plague Toynton Grange, where Dalgliesh has gone on vacation, he won't rest until the mystery has been solved.

Book publishing is always a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it’s becoming cutthroat.<P>Scotland Yard’s Adam Dalgliesh is called to the venerable publishing house by one of his longtime literary heroes to look into a stream of hate mail received by some members of Peverell’s Board.

When a series of macabre deaths occur, Dalgliesh and his young DI team uncover a snake pit of family rivalry, sexual jealousy and dark secrets. It appears that the answer to murder lies buried deep in the past – but whose?<P>Dalgliesh faces a long line of suspects – and a murderer prepares to kill again.