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P. D. James

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P. D. James

3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014
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About

An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.

Top genres

Mystery Fiction Crime Police Procedural Suspense

Also known as

Phyllis Dorothy James

Featured works

Book cover of Original Sin
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Original Sin

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Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries #9
Book cover of Death comes to Pemberley
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Death comes to Pemberley

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Book cover of The Children of Men
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The Children of Men

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Book cover of A Mind to Murder

A Mind to Murder

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Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries #2
Book cover of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

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Cordelia Gray Mysteries #1

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