P. D. James
P. D. James is the author of twenty previous books, many of which feature her detective hero Adam Dalgliesh and have been televised or filmed. She is the recipient of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of American Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, and in 1991 was created Baroness James of Holland Park.
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Death Comes to Pemberley
Paperback | 432 pages | Seal Books | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-1-4000-2647-0 (1-4000-2647-4)
April 30, 2013 | $10.99
Written by P. D. James
Paperback | 432 pages | Seal Books | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-1-4000-2647-0 (1-4000-2647-4)
April 30, 2013 | $10.99
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In a marvellous, thrilling recreation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P. D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
Death Comes to Pemberley is as rich in its compelling story, evocation of place, and gripping psychological...
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Original Sin
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
978-0-8041-2769-1 (0-8041-2769-7)
January 15, 2013 | $28.00
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
978-0-8041-2769-1 (0-8041-2769-7)
January 15, 2013 | $28.00
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Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a...
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The Black Tower
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40268-4 (0-307-40268-1)
May 1, 2012 | $19.95
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the...
Written by P. D. James
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40268-4 (0-307-40268-1)
May 1, 2012 | $19.95
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Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the...
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The Black Tower
eBook | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40269-1 (0-307-40269-X)
May 1, 2012 | $13.99
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the...
Written by P. D. James
eBook | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40269-1 (0-307-40269-X)
May 1, 2012 | $13.99
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Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
Death Comes to Pemberley
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36204-9 (0-307-36204-3)
May 1, 2012 | $22.00
In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Written by P. D. James
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36204-9 (0-307-36204-3)
May 1, 2012 | $22.00
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In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
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Death Comes to Pemberley
Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-449-01115-7 (0-449-01115-1)
December 6, 2011 | $45.00
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-449-01115-7 (0-449-01115-1)
December 6, 2011 | $45.00
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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
Death Comes to Pemberley
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-449-01116-4 (0-449-01116-X)
December 6, 2011 | $25.50
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-449-01116-4 (0-449-01116-X)
December 6, 2011 | $25.50
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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
Death Comes to Pemberley
Hardcover | 304 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36203-2 (0-307-36203-5)
December 6, 2011 | $32.00
In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Written by P. D. James
Hardcover | 304 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36203-2 (0-307-36203-5)
December 6, 2011 | $32.00
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In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
paperback,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
Death Comes to Pemberley
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-307-99078-5 (0-307-99078-8)
December 6, 2011 | $30.00
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Written by P. D. James
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical
978-0-307-99078-5 (0-307-99078-8)
December 6, 2011 | $30.00
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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
The Lighthouse
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36965-9 (0-307-36965-X)
November 9, 2011 | $13.99
A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.
Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated...
Written by P. D. James
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36965-9 (0-307-36965-X)
November 9, 2011 | $13.99
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A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.
Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
Death Comes to Pemberley
eBook | 320 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36205-6 (0-307-36205-1)
November 3, 2011 | $8.99
In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Written by P. D. James
eBook | 320 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
978-0-307-36205-6 (0-307-36205-1)
November 3, 2011 | $8.99
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In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great talent for writing crime fiction.
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
paperback,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
Innocent Blood
eBook | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40059-8 (0-307-40059-X)
June 28, 2011 | $8.99
Written by P. D. James
eBook | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40059-8 (0-307-40059-X)
June 28, 2011 | $8.99
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In celebration of P. D. James's 90th birthday, Vintage Canada is thrilled to reissue the grand dame of detective fiction's much-loved and critically acclaimed backlist in trade paperback.
Eighteen-year-old Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the motherless, illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. When she exercises her...
A Mind to Murder
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40047-5 (0-307-40047-6)
June 28, 2011 | $19.95
In celebration of P. D. James's 90th birthday, Vintage Canada is thrilled to reissue the grand dame of detective fiction's much-loved and critically acclaimed backlist in trade paperback.
When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland...
Written by P. D. James
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40047-5 (0-307-40047-6)
June 28, 2011 | $19.95
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In celebration of P. D. James's 90th birthday, Vintage Canada is thrilled to reissue the grand dame of detective fiction's much-loved and critically acclaimed backlist in trade paperback.
When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
A Mind to Murder
eBook | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40049-9 (0-307-40049-2)
June 28, 2011 | $8.99
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic has always been one of the most eminent institutions in London. But when its administrative head is found with a chisel in her heart, and a weird wooden phallic symbol in her arms, the terrifying truth begins to emerge.
In the midst of an explosive...
Written by P. D. James
eBook | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40049-9 (0-307-40049-2)
June 28, 2011 | $8.99
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On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic has always been one of the most eminent institutions in London. But when its administrative head is found with a chisel in her heart, and a weird wooden phallic symbol in her arms, the terrifying truth begins to emerge.
In the midst of an explosive...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
The Murder Room
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40060-4 (0-307-40060-3)
June 28, 2011 | $19.95
Commander Adam Dalgliesh, P. D. James’s formidable and fascinating detective, returns to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying story of passion and mystery -- and in love.
The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919 -- 1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether...
Written by P. D. James
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-40060-4 (0-307-40060-3)
June 28, 2011 | $19.95
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Commander Adam Dalgliesh, P. D. James’s formidable and fascinating detective, returns to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying story of passion and mystery -- and in love.
The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919 -- 1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether...
