One of the most important elements of a good detective series is casting. While the sergeants can be on the weak side, there is no way a series can survive without a formidable inspector in command.

The third season of “Dalgliesh,” again features three two-part adaptations of P.D. James’ acclaimed murder mystery novels starring Scotland Yard Commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh. This season Bertie ...

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Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet and an intensely private man.

In James's stellar 14th Adam Dalgliesh mystery (after 2006's The Lighthouse), the charismatic police commander knows the case of Rhoda Gradwyn, a 47-year-old journalist murdered soon after undergoing ...

Adam Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel) is a police inspector, acclaimed poet, and recent widower. In this British mystery series based on the books by P.D. James, Dalgliesh uses his deep insights into the ...

As a paid-up member of the Jane Austen Society, 91-year-old P.D. James had long pondered the idea of combining her two great enthusiasms: reading Jane Austen and writing detective fiction. Unsure of ...

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5 have given a two-season renewal to the detective drama Dalgliesh. Catherine Mackin, managing director of Acorn Media Enterprises, said: “Bertie Carvel’s expert ...

She is now a baroness, but to millions of readers worldwide, P.D. James is a spinner of crime novels rich with detail and memorable characters. Her first Adam Dalgliesh book was published in 1962.

Few novelists have remained at the top of their form as long as P. D. James has. Though her new Adam Dalgliesh mystery isn’t among the 88-year-old writer’s best (as The Lighthouse, published when she ...