From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P. D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P. D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.
P. D. James was awarded the OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. She has written 18 novels, and won numerous prizes including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, The National Arts Club Medal of Honour for Literature, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Literary Festival. In 2008 she was inducted into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame.
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Elegant and thoughtful . . . It is PD James's longevity, as well as her serene intelligence, that makes this book especially noteworthy and enjoyable . . . If you want to extend you own reading, discover new authors or clarify your thoughts, this is an excellent way to do so. Amanda Craig
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