A Mind To Murder by P D James

P. D. James is the author of twenty-one books, most of which have been filmed for television. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain's
Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honours, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991 and was inducted into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame in 2008. She lives in London and Oxford.

In this second mystery featuring Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh, the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart and a weird, wooden phallic symbol in her arms.