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1. www.britannica.com › biography › P-D-JamesP.D. James | British Crime Novelist & Detective Fiction Writer

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   Apr 28, 2024 · P.D. James (born August 3, 1920, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died November 27, 2014, Oxford) was a British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. The daughter of a middle-grade civil servant, James grew up in the university town of Cambridge.

2. www.theguardian.com › books › 2014PD James obituary | PD James | The Guardian

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   Nov 27, 2014 · PD James, Lady James of Holland Park, who has died aged 94, was the grande dame of mystery.

3. www.nytimes.com › 2014/11/28 › artsP. D. James, Creator of the Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, Dies at 94

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   Nov 27, 2014 · Phyllis Dorothy James White, who became Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991 but who was better known as “the Queen of Crime” for the multilayered mystery novels she wrote as P. D. James,...

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   Discover P. D. James' wide variety of novels, from murder mysteries to dystopian fiction.

5. crimereads.com › p-d-james-a-crime-readers-guide-to-the-classicsP. D. James: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

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   Jul 2, 2020 · P. D. James loved the writers of Golden Age mystery fiction—Christie, Sayers, Marsh, Allingham, Tey—the manor houses, the closed circle of suspects, the patient investigator unearthing long-buried secrets and motivations, the restoration of order to a disordered society.

6. pdjames.co.uk › aboutAbout - P. D. James

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   P. D. James (1920-2014) was born in Oxford and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department.

7. pdjames.co.ukHome - P. D. James

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   Home - P. D. James. Discover the books of P. D. James. The Adam Dalgliesh mysteries are the perfect place to start reading P. D. James. Click on the covers to explore our selections. SEE ALL THE BOOKS. Explore the Archive. Read manuscripts and letters. Watch film and TV adaptations. Explore photographs and images. EXPLORE THE FULL ARCHIVE.