The Murder RoomCommander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. He soon discovers that the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of both staff and fellow trustees. Everyone, it seems, has something to gain from the crime. When it becomes clear that

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the nature of the project becomes terrifyingly clear

philosophical and

A nightmare ensues

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and murder

all they want is to wrap it up quickly

Dark forces led by the brutal Odoursin need him for a deadly agenda

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photographs of her body at the crime-scene suggest a ritual sacrifice

an alcoholic haunted by his violent past