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P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011).

James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.

Jun 1, 1987

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Maul & the Pear Tree (New Portway Large Print Books)

Mar 1, 1987

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L Ile Des Morts (Ldp Policiers)

Jan 1, 1987

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La Proie Pour L Ombre (Ldp Policiers)

Jun 9, 1986

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A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #7) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) (Adam Dalgliesh)

Dec 1, 1984

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Trilogy of Death (Trilogy of Death 3 Short Novels Clo, #1)

Dec 1, 1982

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Death of Expert Witness

Mar 15, 1982

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Jan 1, 1982

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The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray Mystery) (Cordelia Gray Mysteries (Hardcover))

Jan 1, 1980

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Innocent Blood (Windsor Selection S.)

Jan 1, 1980

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Murder in Triplicate

Dec 31, 1979

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Crime Times Three

Oct 1, 1977

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Death of an Expert Witness (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #6) (Adam Dalgliesh) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

Jan 1, 1975

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Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #5) (Adam Dalgliesh) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

Nov 28, 1974

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A Mind to Murder (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #2) (Penguin/Faber audiobooks) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) (Fingerprint Books) (Adam Dalgliesh)

12 Jul 2001

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Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #3) (Penguin/Faber audiobooks) (Word for word audio books) (Fingerprint Books) (Adam Dalgliesh) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)

Nov 6, 1972

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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray Mysteries (Hardcover)) (Penguin/Faber audiobooks) (Cordelia Gray Mystery) (Cordelia Gray Mysteries (Audio))

Jun 14, 1971

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Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #4) (Paperback) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) (Adam Dalgliesh)

1 Sep 1991

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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, #1) (Modern Women Writers S.) (Penguin/Faber) (Fingerprint Books) (Adam Dalgliesh) (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery)