Shroud for a Nightingale (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: P. D. James
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: January, 1971
- Setting: Heatheringfield, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Mistaken or secret identity, England or English people, Lesbianism or lesbians, Blackmail, Adultery, Detectives, Abortion, Nazism or Nazis, Nursing or nurses, Students or student life, Poisons or poisoning
- Locales: Heatheringfield, England
Characters Discussed
Adam Dalgliesh, the protagonist, chief superintendent of New Scotland Yard. He is as renowned for remaining dispassionate as for solving cases rapidly. A reserved, introspective man who has published two books of poetry, he nevertheless insists that all considerations of privacy must cede before a criminal investigation. His moral indignation over murder does not undermine either his judicious examination of witnesses and evidence or his confident bearing in the alien world of John Carpendar Hospital. Eventually, weakened but undeterred by a serious head...
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