The Murder Room

The Murder Room

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name = The Murder Room
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author = P. D. James
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Adam Dalgliesh #12
genre = Crime, Mystery
publisher = Faber & Faber
release_date = 2003
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 0571218210
preceded_by = Death in Holy Orders
followed_by = The Lighthouse

"The Murder Room" is a 2003 detective novel and the 12th in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It takes place in London, particularly the Dupayne Museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath in the London Borough of Camden.

The Dupayne Museum is an eclectic collection of English memorabilia from the period between World War I and World War II. The Murder Room of the title refers to a room displaying relics of murders that occurred during these years. The Dupayne is the property of three siblings, who are in the midst of a family row over whether or not to renew the lease on the building that houses the museum. When Neville Dupayne, the youngest sibling, is killed in a manner mirroring one of the murders displayed in the Murder Room, Commander Dalgliesh is called in to investigate.

Emma Lavenham, a character from Death in Holy Orders, becomes important in this novel as a romance develops between her and Commander Dalgliesh. The novel ends with a love letter from Dalgliesh to Lavenham.


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