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Homepage : http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pdjames/
Birthday: August 3
Award: Winner 1999 MWA Grand Master
Award: Winner 1987 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger (Lifetime Achievement)

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    Books In Classes: [Science Fiction] [Mystery] [Non-Fiction] [Reference]
    Books In Genres: [Private Investigator] [Cozy] [AutoBiography] [Police Procedural] [Woman Main Character] [Serial Killer] [True Crime]
    Books In Database: 22

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The Verdict of Us All (©2006)
Mystery [Short Stories] Amazon UK HC
Author(s): Peter Lovesey , Len Deighton , Reginald Hill , Colin Dexter , P. D. James , Simon Brett , Liza Cody , Dick Francis
Comment: We've listed some of the contributors to this book as co-authors with Peter Lovesey who edited the collection.

Book Description / Blurb

The Detection Club has always counted the cr�me de la cr�me of crime fiction within its ranks; previous presidents have included Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, GK Chesterton and, of course, the venerable HRF Keating. Now, in honour of his eightieth birthday, Keating's fellow Detection Club members and the leading lights of contemporary crime fiction serve up a selection of tantalising conundrums.

Take the phone off the hook, draw the curtains closed and snuggle up on the sofa, ready to enjoy the wickedly wonderful short-story birthday presents on offer from some of Britain's best loved crime writers. The contributing authors include Len Deighton, Reginald Hill, Colin Dexter, PD James, Simon Brett and Liza Cody, and with Dick Francis penning the foreword and Peter Lovesey putting the collection together, there is sure to be something to delight all crime fans. -- Inside Flap of book

The Children of Men (©1992) 256 pp.
Science Fiction Amazon US PB Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada TPB

Innocent Blood (©1980)
Mystery Police Procedural Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Location: London, England

Book Series : Cordelia Gray

- Private Investigator
- Location: London, England
- Region: UK: London Urban

# 2 The Skull Beneath the Skin (©1982)
Mystery Cozy Private Investigator Woman Main Character Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB

# 1 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (©1972)
Mystery Cozy Private Investigator Woman Main Character Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB

Book Series : Inspector Adam Dalgliesh

- Location: London, England
- Region: UK: London Urban

# 14 The Private Patient (©2008) 368 pp.
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# 13 The Lighthouse (©2005) 352 pp.
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Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner]

# 12 The Murder Room (©2003) 432 pp.
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Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner]

# 11 Death in Holy Orders (©2001) 416 pp.
Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Nominated for 2002 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel)
"Enjoyed the book for her wonderful usage of imagery alone." - Bridget - RAM

# 10 A Certain Justice (©1997) 448 pp.
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# 9 Original Sin (©1994) 736 pp.
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# 8 Devices and Desires (©1989) 480 pp.
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# 7 A Taste for Death (©1986) 480 pp.
Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Winner 1987 Macavity Award (Best Mystery Novel)
Winner 1986 CWA Silver Dagger (Second Place crime novel of the year.)

# 5 The Black Tower (©1975)
Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Winner 1975 CWA Silver Dagger (Second Place crime novel of the year.)

# 4 A Shroud for a Nightingale (©1971) 287 pp.
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Winner 1971 CWA Silver Dagger (Second Place crime novel of the year.)

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Book Description / Blurb

In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James�one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today�gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it. P. D. James examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens�s Bleak House and Wilkie Collins�s The Woman in White, and bringing us into the present with such writers as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell. Along the way she writes about Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie (�arch-breaker of rules�), Josephine Tey, Dashiell Hammett, and Peter Lovesey, among many others. She traces their lives into and out of their fiction, clarifies their individual styles, and gives us indelible portraits of the characters they�ve created, from Sherlock Holmes to Sara Paretsky�s sexually liberated female investigator, V. I. Warshawski. She compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing. She discusses detective fiction as social history, the stylistic components of the genre, her own process of writing, how critics have reacted over the years, and what she sees as a renewal of detective fiction�and of the detective hero�in recent years.

The Maul and the Pear Tree (©1986)
Non-Fiction Mystery True Crime Serial Killer Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): T. A. Critchley , P. D. James
Comment: Account of the Ratcliffe Highway murders - 1811

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