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Article: Adam Dalgliesh follows a killer and romance in elegant, finely plotted `Murder Room'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 3, 2003
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Byline: Connie Ogle
``The Murder Room'' by P.D. James; Knopf ($25.95)
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It's hard to say exactly when you start to worry about the future of Dr. Neville Dupayne in P.D. James' latest riveting detective novel, but it may be the moment he tells his daughter, "It isn't a good time to leave England. The world couldn't be more unsettled, more dangerous."
Oh, Neville. You should know, after all this time, that the green hills, white cliffs and bustling cities of England are perilous even without the threat of terrorism. Anyone who has ever read the exquisite, absorbing work of James, who has always delighted in showing us the most ...