P. D. James (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Principal Series
Adam Dalgliesh, 1962-
Cordelia Gray, 1972-.
Principal Series Characters
Adam Dalgliesh, a Scotland Yard inspector, eventually commander, is a widower. He is a sensitive and cerebral man and a poet of some reputation. His wife and son died during childbirth. As a policeman, Dalgliesh enforces society’s rules, giving himself a purpose for living and some brief respite from his feelings of loss and devastation.
Cordelia Gray, an optimistic, outgoing, and good-natured young woman (temperamentally, the exact opposite of Dalgliesh),...
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