In Devices and Desires, awardwinning PD James (author of Death Comes to Pemberley, The Murder Room and Children of Men) plots a chilling investigation into the motives of a coldhearted serial killer This novel was adapted for BBC television in 1984 and starred Robert Marsden as the inspector protagonist Adam Dalgliesh It was made into a movie in 06 (directed by Gravity's Alfonso Cuarón and starring Clive Owen), and it continues to land on critics' lists as That was PD James The great Dorothy L Sayers considered murder mysteries the perfect form of writing for Christians because they open with an act of undeniable evil (evil exists) and then someone goes into the world seeking concrete evidence of truth (truth exists) in order to produce justice (it is possible to do good in the real world)

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