P. D. James

...as an actor whose TV career includes "The Palace," "The Green Green Grass" and playing Inspector Adam Dalgliesh in the long-running PD James series, is making his West End directorial debut with this production. He has, however, directed...

In this article: Agatha Christie, Jenny Seagrove, Tracey Childs, Roy Marsden, and Foyle's War

...I don't think I could - that's why I admire him. " As AM for Gower, she loves returning home and relaxing with an Ian Rankin or PD James murder mystery, or Jane Austen's Emma. She has read the novel on numerous occasions since her...

In this article: Carwyn Jones, Labour, Edwina Hart, Michael Foot, Wales, Emma, and PD James

...had grown up to analyse and condone their inadequacies on the grounds of deprivation or poverty. " P.D. James (aka Baroness James of Holland Park) put the above thoughts in the head of a character in her latest mystery novel, and...

In this article: P.D. James, Democracy, Civic virtue, Revenue, Tax, and Latin America

Bodleian Library 12.99 (160pp) 11.69 (free p&p) from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 Talking about Detective Fiction, By PD James Considering the longevity of a form which began with Oedipus and which remains our most popular...

In this article: PD James, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Amanda Craig, Iris Murdoch, and Kingsley Amis

Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James (Bodleian Library, GBP12.99) By CLAIRE ALLFREE - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 PD James's look at detective fiction doesn't investigate its appeal This slim book, featuring one of the country's...

In this article: PD James, Miss Marple, Dorothy L Sayers, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and US

...like to read women's fiction when I am writing because I am a bit afraid that I might pick up a little suggestion. My favourite authors are PD James, Bernard Cornwell and Ruth Rendell but mainly I read non-fiction, like English histories or...

In this article: Barbara Taylor Bradford, Dog, A Woman of Substance, Keith Waterhouse, Yorkshire, New York, Boiled egg, and Bichon Frise

PD James, Queen of Detective Fiction: Interview PD James talks to Jake Kerridge about detective fiction, her new book, and the technical problems of murder "Detective fiction is the literature of escape. It is surprisingly popular with...

In this article: PD James, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Shortbread, Lord Peter Wimsey, Kate Summerscale, and Dorothy L Sayers

PD James: Why I would help someone die... but law on assisted suicide should not change Last updated at 4:45 PM on 22nd September 2009 Crime writer PD James: 'We've got to be really careful when we start making it legally possible to...

In this article: Suicide, PD James, Pain and suffering, Suicide Act, House of Lords, and David Cameron

...finds himself with an array of enemies only too eager to see his downfall. Authors branching out: Detective spin-offs * PD James' poetry-loving policeman Adam Dalgliesh has proved one of the most enduring characters of the crime...

In this article: Ian Rankin, Rebus, Edinburgh, Complaints, Sherlock Holmes, PD James, Colin Dexter, Recession, and Credit crunch

...the same area. Like the well-ripened queens of psychological suspense to whom she is inevitably compared -- Ruth Rendell and P.D. James -- the younger Fossum charts this excursion into the unthinkable with poetic restraint. In describing...

In this article: Karin Fossum, Self-consciousness, and Georgetown University