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Harvard Book Store Presents:

A Mysterious Morning
with P.D. James
Contact:
Charlotte Silver
Marketing Assistant
(617)661.0372 ext. 2
csilver@harvardsquarebookstore.com


On Sunday, November 23rd, Harvard Book Store will present P.D. James – Britain’s premier mystery writer - at a brunch for lovers of her mysteries.

You’ll have the opportunity to meet Ms. James in person, hear her read from her new Adam Dalgliesh novel, and ask her the question you've been just dying to ask.

Order Tickets for this event

e-mail
Charlotte Silver at csilver@harvardsquarebookstore.com

or

call (617)661.0372 ext. 2.

Tickets are also available in the store starting on October 6th.

Tickets for this event are $65.00, and include a signed copy of P.D. James’s new book The Murder Room, and a fabulous brunch provided by the Charles Hotel. Tickets are limited, so get yours now!

Brunch will begin at 11:00am, and we will finish around 1:00pm.

Book Information

In her new book, The Murder Room, Commander Adam Dalgliesh, P. D. James’s formidable and fascinating detective, returns to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying story of passion and mystery -- and in love.

The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919 -- 1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether it should be closed, one of them is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Yet even as Commander Dalgliesh and his team proceed with their investigation, a second corpse is discovered. Someone in the Dupayne is prepared to kill and kill again. Still more sinister, the murders appear to echo the notorious crimes of the past featured in one of the museum’s galleries: the Murder Room.



The case is fraught with danger and complications from the outset, but for Dalgliesh the complications are unexpectedly profound. His new relationship with Emma Lavenham -- introduced in the last Dalgliesh novel, Death in Holy Orders -- is at a critical stage. Now, as he moves closer and closer to a solution to the puzzle, he finds himself driven further and further from commitment to the woman he loves.


Author Biography

P. D. James is the author of 17 previous books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain’s Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. In 2000 she celebrated her 80th birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.


Information about Brunch

Brunch will be served buffet-style and will include:

  • Selection of Fruit Juices
  • Sliced Fresh Fruit and Berries
  • Scrambled Eggs with Fine Herbs
  • Breakfast Breads, Croissants, and Muffins
  • Mixed Field Greens with Balsamic Vinaigrette
  • Grilled Salmon, Beurre Rouge Sauce
  • Chef’s Selection of Seasonal Accompaniments
  • and Continental Pastries

Questions? E-mail Charlotte Silver.

 

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