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RESULTSSearching enCompass books for 'P. D. James'... We found 6 matches.
P. D. James
The Children of Men The year is 2021. No child has been born for a quarter of a century. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, Warden of England, the old are despairing, the young beautiful but cruel. This is an unusual foray into the world of science fiction from an author better known for her crime writing.
Faber & Faber 2000 pbk £6.99 ISBN 0-571-20400-7
 Author photo: © The Guardian
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth193
http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,96554,00.html 
P. D. James
Death in Holy Orders When the body of a theology student is found on the East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands a re-examination of the accidental death verdict. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to help and returns to his childhood haunt only to find himself embroiled in intrigue, conflict and secrets.
Penguin 2002 pbk £6.99 ISBN 0-14-100478-9
Author photo: © The Guardian
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth193
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/popgb/jamespd1.htm http://www.post-gazette.com/books/reviews/20010413review746.asp http://www.themysteryreader.com/james-death.html http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/crime/0,6121,445899,00.html 
P. D. James
The Lighthouse The peace of Combe Island has been violated when a visitor is brutally murdered. James’s enigmatic and gentlemanly detective Dalgliesh and his team are called in. The personal issues of the team, combined with the professional difficulties of this case, create a powerful work of fiction by a master storyteller.
Faber and Faber 2006 pbk £12.99 ISBN 0-571-22942-5
Faber and Faber 2005 hbk £17.99 ISBN 0-571-22918-2 Faber and Faber 2005 pbk £10.99 ISBN 0-571-22932-8  Author photo: © Ella Montan
P. D. James
Time to be in Earnest Part diary and part memoir, this is the author's account of the 12 months of her life between her 77th and 78th birthdays. In writing it she simultaneously remembers her long and remarkable career, from 1920s Cambridge schoolgirl to Governor of the BBC to best-selling author.
Faber & Faber 1999 hbk £16.99 ISBN 0-571-20094-X
Faber & Faber 2000 pbk £7.99 ISBN 0-571-20396-5 Author photo: © The Guardian
P. D. James
Trilogy of Death: Unsuitable Job For a Woman/ Innocent Blood/ The Skull Beneath the Skin This trilogy contains the books Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Innocent Blood and The Skull Beneath the Skin, three crime novels featuring the intrepid private detective, Cordelia Gray.
Penguin Books 1992 pbk £9.99 ISBN 0-14-017390-0
Author photo: © The Guardian
P. D. James
An Unsuitable Job For a Woman Bernie Pryde has committed suicide thereby leaving Cordelia Gray as sole proprietress of his detective agency. He also leaves behind the case which he was working on - that of the death of a Cambridge student. It is now up to Cordelia to solve the mystery which surrounds the death. P.D. James' heroine is a smart, energetic and bright private detective and the novels are cleverly and elegantly written.
Faber & Faber 2000 pbk £6.99 ISBN 0-571-20389-2-
Author photo: © The Guardian
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