 First edition | |
| Author | P. D. James |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Adam Dalgliesh #8 |
| Genre | Crime, mystery |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Publication date | 2 October 1989 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 454 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-571-14178-1 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 20416380 |
| Preceded by | A Taste for Death |
| Followed by | Original 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".