Description
Two men lie dead in the vestry of a London church, their throats cut with brutal precision. One is Sir Paul Berowne, rich, cultivated and elegant; the other is an alcoholic vagrant. Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Adam Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice — all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in death...' to 'Two men lie dead in the vestry of a London church, their throats cut with brutal precision. One is Sir Paul Berowne, rich, cultivated and elegant; the other is an alcoholic vagrant. Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Adam Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice — all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in death...
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
512 pages
Language
Portuguese
Published
Jan 1, 1988
Publisher
Círculo de leitores
Editions
113 editions