His father was the rector of a Norfolk country parish. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. He was described as being "tall, dark and handsome" by some women, alluding to Mr. In the earlier novels he drives a Cooper Bristol, later a Jaguar. Dalgliesh lives in a flat above the Thames at Queenhithe in the City of London. Several volumes of his poetry have been published. He writes poetry, a fact about which his colleagues are fond of reminding him. He is an intensely cerebral and private person. He eventually reaches the rank of Commander in the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in London. In the first novel, Dalgliesh is a Detective Chief Inspector. He also appears in the two novels featuring James' other detective, Cordelia Gray. James the first being James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face. Adam Dalgliesh (pronounced "dal-gleash") is a fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P.
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