About P D James
P. D. James spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Divisions of the Home Office, and has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 1991, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park. P. D. James lives in London and Oxford.
Series
Inspector Adam Dalgliesh
1. Cover Her Face (1962)
2. A Mind to Murder (1963)
3. Unnatural Causes (1967)
4. Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
5. The Black Tower (1975)
6. Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
7. A Taste for Death (1986)
8. Devices and Desires (1989)
9. Original Sin (1994)
10. A Certain Justice (1997)
11. Death in Holy Orders (2001)
12. The Murder Room (2003)
13. The Lighthouse (2005)
14. The Private Patient (2008)
1. Cover Her Face (1962)
2. A Mind to Murder (1963)
3. Unnatural Causes (1967)
4. Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
5. The Black Tower (1975)
6. Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
7. A Taste for Death (1986)
8. Devices and Desires (1989)
9. Original Sin (1994)
10. A Certain Justice (1997)
11. Death in Holy Orders (2001)
12. The Murder Room (2003)
13. The Lighthouse (2005)
14. The Private Patient (2008)
Novels
Omnibus
Collections
Nursing Stories (1979) (with Monica Dickens, Richard Gordon, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe and Leo Tolstoy)
Tales of obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) (with Joan Hess, Hig, Patricia Highsmith, Evan Hunter, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat)
Tales of obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) (with Joan Hess, Hig, Patricia Highsmith, Evan Hunter, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat)
Chapbooks
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
The Maul and the Pear Tree (1971) (with T A Critchley)
Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (1999)
Talking about Detective Fiction (2009)
Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (1999)
Talking about Detective Fiction (2009)
Anthologies containing stories by P D James
Short stories
| Murder, 1986 (1970) | |||
| The Mistletoe Murder (1998) |
Awards
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P D James recommends
 Perfect Gallows (1987) Peter Dickinson "A superb writer." |  Mrs, Presumed Dead (1988) (Mrs Pargeter, book 2) Simon Brett "A new Simon Brett is an event..." |  The Hand of Strange Children (1993) Robert Richardson "Mr. Richardson knows how to create suspense and an atmosphere of incipient evil." | |
 What Men Say (1994) (Loretta Lawson Mystery) Joan Smith "A fiesty and original heroine." |  An Imperfect Spy (1995) (Kate Fansler, book 10) Amanda Cross "Eminently readable and satisfying... A new Kate Fansler novel is always welcomed by those who appreciate Amanda Cross's elegant and intelligebt heroine." |  Funeral Music (1998) (Sara Selkirk, book 1) Morag Joss "It is always a pleasure to welcome a new and exciting talent to British crime writing, and Morag Joss's distinguished debut demonstrates an interesting setting, characters, both sympathetic and villainous, who are portrayed with wit and perception, good writing and a plot which combines tension with credibility. I look forward to her next with happy confidence." | |
 Some Day Tomorrow (2000) Nicolas Freeling "An author as much concerned with the impulses and motives of the human heart as with the details of detection." |  The Blood Doctor (2002) Barbara Vine "Barbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche." |  Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002) (Rumpole) John Mortimer "Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal." | |
 What Will Survive (2007) Joan Smith "Beautifully written and very clever. I absolutely loved it." |  A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? (2009) (Inspector Ghote, book 26) H R F Keating "Mr Keating has created in Inspector Ghote an enchanting and engaging character." |  Two For Sorrow (2010) (Josephine Tey, book 3) Nicola Upson "A new and assured talent." | |
 The Betrayal of Trust (2011) (Simon Serrailler, book 6) Susan Hill "A new crime novel by Susan Hill is an event eagerly awaited by all afficionados." |
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