A Certain Justice - Softcover

P.D. James is one of the national treasures of British fiction. (Mail on Sunday)

Ingenious and beautifully written, this is P. D. James at her highly impressive best. (Sunday Telegraph)

Fiendishly clever . . . An accomplished performance by a leader in her field (Sunday Times)

A first-class novelist . . . with a literary flair and an eye as perceptive as her heart. (New York Times Book Review)

P. D. James is an addictive writer, [with] a quality of intelligence, a genuine curiosity about character, and an ability to describe the density of little known lives. (Anita Brookner)

Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead in her chambers. Commander Adam Dalgleish, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients she has defended, her colleagues, her family - even her lover. As Dalgleish and his team narrow the field of suspects, a second brutal murder draws them into greater complexities of intrigue and evil.