Original Sin is a 1994 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It is set in London, mainly in Wapping in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, and centeres around the city's oldest publishing house, Peverell Press, headquartered in a mock-Venetian palace on the River Thames. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Adam Dalgliesh is the brainchild of author P.D. James. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August) is an English writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords, who writes under the pseudonym P. D. James. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Wapping Old Stairs, one of many points of access to the foreshore in the area. ... The Arms of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... 1. ... Venetian could mean of Venice of the venetia territory of the Republic of Venice of the venet nation the Venetian language The Venetian, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada A venetian blind - a horizontally slatted window blind. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ...

The murder of Peverell Press's managing director, ambitious Gerard Etienne, seems to be the horrible end of a series of malicious pranks in the company headquarters. When Adam Dalgliesh is called to the scene to solve the murder, he soon finds out that the killer does not intend to stop with Etienne. Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries. ...