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Devices and Desires of an Author

Posted on July 27, 2017 by niriksha -

P. D. James’ speech on Agatha Christie

Posted on July 17, 2017 by niriksha -

In Praise of Books by P. D. James

Posted on July 17, 2017 by niriksha -

P. D. James’ Introduction to Devices and Desires

Posted on July 17, 2017 by niriksha -

Death of an Expert Witness

Posted on July 16, 2017 by niriksha -

Innocent Blood

Posted on July 16, 2017 by niriksha -

Shroud for a Nightingale

Posted on July 16, 2017 by niriksha -

The Black Tower

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P. D. James’ Omnibus

Posted on July 16, 2017 by niriksha -

Cover Her Face

Posted on July 16, 2017 by niriksha -

‘Looking back on my life I do know myself to be greatly blessed… And I have my work. I shall continue to write detective stories as long as I can write well… It gives pleasure to me and thousands of readers. No other justification is needed.’

P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest

‘With the detective story there is horror – I think one needs to make the murder realistic. But I think the main attraction isn’t the horror, it’s the puzzle, the bringing of order out of disorder.’

P. D. James

‘That is the thing I always will most remember about her: what a kind woman she was, how she did her very best to make you feel good.’

Ruth Rendell on P. D. James