by P. D. James, T. A. Critchley · B. Vib, 47/8. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440652423
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«La octava víctima» is the crime novel by P. D. James and T. A. Critchley, published by Ediciones B in hardback (397 pages, in Spanish).
The work recounts the shock caused by the murders of two merchant families in the port of London at the beginning of the 19th century. Fear and pressure to solve the case lead to a hasty investigation and erroneous legal measures, whose outcome turns an innocent man into the eighth victim.
The work was originally published in 1971 as The Maul and the Pear Tree, and the Spanish edition came out in 1994.
For readers of crime fiction and true crime chronicles, especially those interested in historical London and legal proceedings.
Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh.
