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Author Name: P.D. James

P. D. James is the author of twenty books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Department of Great Britain's Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.

     Books By Author :: P.D. James

   
A Certain Justice
 -by P.D. James

It begins, dramatically enough, with a trial for murder. The distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry ... Read More

   
The Skull Beneath the Skin
 -by P.D. James

Actress Clarissa Lisle was famous for her ravishing beauty--and her unscrupulous manipulations. Now on the death-shrouded islan... Read More

   
The Lighthouse
 -by P.D. James

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders.
Combe I... Read More

   
An Unsuitable Job for Women
 -by P.D. James

Handsome Mark Callender did not die the way a well-brought-up young gentleman should. He was found hanging by his neck, a lipst... Read More

   
Death comes to Pemberley
 -by P.D. James

In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy&rsq... Read More

   
Cover Her Face
 -by P.D. James

Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who had used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. Now sh... Read More

   
A Mind to Murder
 -by P.D. James

When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalg... Read More

   
Shroud for a Nightingale
 -by P.D. James

The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays ... Read More

   
Innocent Blood
 -by P.D. James

Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor... Read More

   
Original Sin
 -by P.D. James

An Adam Dalgliesh novel, set against the backdrop of the publishing world. Commander Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with... Read More



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