Devices and Desires [SEP] series
Devices and Desires
Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It takes place on Larksoken, a fictional isolated headland in Norfolk. The title comes from the service of Morning Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer : "We have followed too much the devices, and desires of our own hearts".
Plot overview.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh, having published his second volume of poetry, retreats to the remote Larksoken headland where his recently deceased aunt, Jane Dalgliesh
"Cover Her Face" (1985);
- "The Black Tower" (1985);
- "A Taste for Death" (1988);
- "Devices and Desires" (1991).
After producer John Rosenberg died in early 1991 (during the transmission run of "Devices and Desires"), the format of the adaptations changed. Initially, Anglia followed the trend made popular by the "Inspector Morse" series, condensing the next two adaptations into two-hour filmed TV films