Devices and Desires

Devices and Desires
First edition
AuthorP. D. James
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAdam Dalgliesh #8
GenreCrime, mystery
PublisherFaber & Faber
Publication date
2 October 1989
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages454 (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-571-14178-1 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC20416380
Preceded byA Taste for Death 
Followed byOriginal Sin 

Devices and Desires is a 1989 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, the eighth book of her Adam Dalgliesh series. 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".