P. D. James, Author . Knopf $25.95 (335p) ISBN 978-0-307-26291-2
British master James's 13th Adam Dalgliesh mystery, like its two predecessors, The Murder Room
(2003) and Death in Holy Orders
(2001), focuses at first on a hostile character who threatens to shatter a longstanding way of life. Acclaimed...
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P.D. James. Knopf, $24 (176p) ISBN 978-0-451-49414-6
The four previously uncollected mysteries in this collection show that James (1920–2014) was just as adept at the short form as she was at novel length; they efficiently introduce characters and create atmosphere, while posing fair challenges to...
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P. D. James, Author Alfred A. Knopf $25 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-41066-6
James's fans will eagerly devour every word of this insightful and witty account of a year in the life of the master mystery author In the diary she began on her 77th birthday, in August 1997, James comfortably segues from daily activities into...
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P. D. James, Author Alfred A. Knopf $19.95 (433p) ISBN 978-0-394-58070-8
James ( A Taste for Death ) sets her 11th novel on Larksoken, a remote windswept headland in Norfolk, where the presence of a huge nuclear energy plant serves as a metaphor for the power of the past to rule over her characters. Commander Adam...
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P. D. James, Author A. A. Knopf $25 (432p) ISBN 978-0-375-41255-4
Baroness James may have turned 80, but neither she nor her dogged Scotland Yard detective Commander Adam Dalgliesh (last seen in 1997's A Certain Justice) shows any sign of flagging in this superb whodunit, with its extraordinarily complex and ...
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P. D. James, Author Alfred A Knopf Inc $25 (400p) ISBN 978-0-375-40109-1
Crafting a classic locked-room mystery in her latest Adam Dalgliesh novel, James leads readers on a page-turning journey behind the scenes of the English legal system and along the darker, twisted byways of human intentions. Although neither...
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P. D. James, Author Alfred A Knopf Inc $24 (416p) ISBN 978-0-679-43889-2
A sprawling paean to the Thames River and its London environs, James's 12th novel and latest mystery to feature New Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgleish is set in the modern publishing world where traditions may crumble but where such timeless...
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P. D. James, Author Alfred A Knopf Inc $22 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-41873-3
In her 12th book, the British author of the two series featuring Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray ( Devices and Desires and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman , respectively) poses a premise that chills and darkens its setting in the year 2021. Near the...
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P. D. James, Author . Knopf $22 (198p) ISBN 978-0-307-59282-8
One of the most widely read and respected writers of detective fiction, James (The Private Patient
) explores the genre's origins (focusing primarily on Britain) and its lasting appeal. James cites Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone
,...
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P. D. James, Author . Knopf $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-307-27077-1
In James's stellar 14th Adam Dalgliesh mystery (after 2006's The Lighthouse
), the charismatic police commander knows the case of Rhoda Gradwyn, a 47-year-old journalist murdered soon after undergoing the removal of an old disfiguring scar
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P. D. James, Author . Knopf $25.95 (432p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4141-1
Neither the mystery nor the detective present James's followers with anything truly new in her latest Adam Dalgliesh novel (after 2001's Death in Holy Orders), which opens, like other recent books in the series, with an extended portrayal of
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P.D. James, read by Jenny Agutter and Daniel Weyman. Random House Audio, , unabridged, 3 CDs, 3 hrs., $25 ISBN 978-1-5247-0806-1
Two of this quartet of posthumously collected short stories feature James’s New Scotland Yard sleuth, Supt. Adam Dalgliesh, narrated crisply and with touches of wry humor by reader Weyman, the voice of the poet-detective in previous audiobooks. In “T
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P. D. James, Author, Rosalyn Landor, Read by , read by Rosalyn Landor. Random House Audio $44.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-7691-1
The latest (and perhaps final) mystery featuring Cmdr. Adam Dalgliesh of the Metropolitan Police Service finds him preparing to confront crucial turning points in his life and career. Meanwhile, he must solve the murder of a ruthlessly inquisitive...
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P.D. James, read by Rosalyn Landor. Random House Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 10 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-449-01115-7
James’s latest mystery is set in 1803 and picks up where Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice left off: Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are married and have twin boys. The family lives at Pemberley, an elegant old mansion where they often...
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P. D. James, Author, T. A. Critchley, Author, T. A. Athomas Alan Critchley, Photographer Mysterious Press $3.99 (234p) ISBN 978-0-89296-152-8
In 1811, London's East End was the scene of a series of murders so brutal and irrational that they caused panic throughout the city, which lacked a central police force. This engrossing account, marking the American nonfiction debut of British...
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P. D. James, Author, Charles Keating, Read by , read by Charles Keating. Random House Audio $44.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-2333-5
If—as some reviewers have speculated—The Lighthouse
marks the end of James's 13-book mystery series about policeman/poet Adam Dalgliesh, at least in this artful and gripping audio version the commander is going out in style. Gifted...
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P. D. James, Author, Baroness James of Holland Park, Author, Charles Elliott, Editor Alfred A. Knopf $18.95 (459p) ISBN 978-0-394-55583-6
In her latest Commander Adam Dalgliesh detective novel, James subtly deepens the complexities of his personality, making him an ever more credible protagonist. When two bodies are discovered with their throats slashed in a London church, Dalgleish...
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