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P. D. James

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.

English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born	3 August 1920
Died	27 November 2014

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Ar gortyn brau

by P. D. James
First published in 1972
60 editions, 13 ebooks
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Cover her face

by P. D. James
First published in 1962
59 editions, 12 ebooks

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Black Tower

by P. D. James
First published in 1975
56 editions, 12 ebooks

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Death of an Expert Witness

by P. D. James
First published in 1977
54 editions, 12 ebooks
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A certain justice

by P. D. James
First published in 1997
54 editions, 9 ebooks

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Unnatural causes

by P. D. James
First published in 1900
54 editions, 13 ebooks

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Shroud for a nightingale

by P. D. James
First published in 1971
53 editions, 15 ebooks

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The skull beneath the skin

by P. D. James
First published in 1982
51 editions, 10 ebooks

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Taste for Death

by P. D. James
First published in 1986
50 editions, 15 ebooks

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A mind to murder

by P. D. James
First published in 1963
49 editions, 13 ebooks
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Innocent blood

by P. D. James
First published in 1980
46 editions, 13 ebooks

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Death in holy orders

by P. D. James
First published in 2001
45 editions, 14 ebooks

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Devices and Desires

by P. D. James
First published in 1989
41 editions, 8 ebooks

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The murder room

by P. D. James
First published in 1775
40 editions, 12 ebooks

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The children of men

by P. D. James
First published in 1992
40 editions, 10 ebooks

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Original sin

by P. D. James
First published in 1994
39 editions, 13 ebooks

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The Lighthouse: an Adam Dalgliesh mystery

by P. D. James
First published in 2005
32 editions, 9 ebooks

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Death comes to Pemberley

by P. D. James
First published in 2011
30 editions, 10 ebooks

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The Private Patient

by P. D. James
First published in 2008
26 editions, 10 ebooks

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The maul and the pear tree: the Ratcliffe highway murders, 1811

by P. D. James and T. A. Critchley
First published in 1971
24 editions, 4 ebooks
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English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born	3 August 1920
Died	27 November 2014

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL33909A
BookBrainz: 366772a7-4d32-47b5-ade7-ca162e7bdc1c
GoodReads: 17452454
ISNI: 0000000120317249
IMDb: nm0416807
Library of Congress Names: n80001163
LibraryThing: jamespd
MusicBrainz: 0ae36c12-b0cf-40c8-98de-45088015ab4c
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV009492
VIAF: 101752435
Wikidata: Q270648
Inventaire.io: wd:Q270648

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Phyllis Dorothy James
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