Death of an Expert Witness

By P. D. James,

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Now a major Channel 5 series

'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times

When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the exhibits is just a routine job for the staff of Hoggatt's forensic science laboratory. But nothing could have prepared them for the…

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1 author picked Death of an Expert Witness as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

P.D. James’ Adam Dalgleish is a wonderful, complex character that lifted the stereotypical police investigator up from insensitive knuckle-dragger to poetic hero, in my opinion.

In this particular book (there are fourteen in total), Dalgleish is presented with way too many motives but no actual physical evidence, which is always fun as a reader (not so much fun for the detective). 

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