{"product_id":"p-d-james-a-companion-to-the-mystery-fiction-paperback","title":"P.D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurel A. Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Foxwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's \"\"Queen of Crime.\"\" Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray. Stand-alone works include the dystopian \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eDeath Comes to Pemberley\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), a sequel to Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. James's careful plotting has earned comparison with Golden Age British detective writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet James's work is thoroughly modern, with realistic descriptions of police procedures and the echoes and aftereffects of crime. This literary companion includes more than 700 encyclopedic entries covering the characters, settings and themes of her published writing, along with a career chronology, chronological and alphabetical listings of her works, and an exhaustive index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's \"Queen of Crime.\" Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray. Stand-alone works include the dystopian The Children of Men (1992) and Death Comes to Pemberley (2011), a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.\r James's careful plotting has earned comparison with Golden Age British detective writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet James's work is thoroughly modern, with realistic descriptions of police procedures and the echoes and aftereffects of crime. This literary companion includes more than 700 encyclopedic entries covering the characters, settings and themes of her published writing, along with a career chronology, chronological and alphabetical listings of her works, and an exhaustive index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurel A. Young\u003c\/b\u003e is an English instructor at Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeries Editor \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Foxwell\u003c\/b\u003e, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of \u003ci\u003eClues: A Journal of Detection\u003c\/i\u003e and is an editor at McFarland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131579437191,"sku":"9780786497911","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/14a713fb85eb25d34f60747118791fda.webp?v=1732620025","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/p-d-james-a-companion-to-the-mystery-fiction-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}