P. D. James
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Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known as P. D. James, was an English writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
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Books
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Novels
Adam Dalgliesh mysteries
- Cover Her Face (1962)
- A Mind to Murder (1963)
- Unnatural Causes (1967)
- Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)
- The Black Tower (1975)
- Death of an Expert Witness (1977)
- A Taste for Death (1986)
- Devices and Desires (1989)
- Original Sin (1994)
- A Certain Justice (1997)
- Death in Holy Orders (2001)
- The Murder Room (2003)
- The Lighthouse (2005)
- The Private Patient (2008)
Cordelia Gray mysteries
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972)
- The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982)
Miscellaneous novels
- Innocent Blood (1980)
- The Children of Men (1992)
- Death Comes to Pemberley (2011)
Omnibus editions
- Crime Times Three (1979), later reprinted as Three Complete Novels (1988), comprising Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, and Shroud for a Nightingale
- Murder in Triplicate (1980), later reprinted as In Murderous Company (1988), comprising Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, and The Black Tower
- Trilogy of Death (1984), comprising Innocent Blood, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, and The Skull Beneath the Skin
- A Dalgliesh Trilogy (1989), comprising Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and Death of an Expert Witness
- A Second Dalgliesh Trilogy (1993), comprising A Mind to Murder, A Taste for Death, and Devices and Desires
- An Adam Dalgliesh Omnibus (2008), comprising A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, and Original Sin
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Non-fiction
- The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 (1971), with Thomas A. Critchley
- Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (1999)
- Talking About Detective Fiction (2009)
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TV and film adaptations
- Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
- Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
- Cover Her Face (1985)
- The Black Tower (1985)
- Unnatural Causes
- Original Sin
- A Taste For Death
- Devices and Desires
- A Mind to Murder
- A Certain Justice
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Death in Holy Orders (2003)
- The Murder Room (2004)
- Children of Men (feature film) (2006)
- Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)
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