To judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist.
From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel.
Written by the author widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.
- ISBN10 1851243143
- ISBN13 9781851243143
- Publish Date 23 October 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bodleian Library
- Edition Signed slipcase edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English