My only regret is that I shan't be alive to savour my retrospective triumph. But that is of small account. I savour it every day of my life. I shall have done the one thing I resolved to do when I was twelve years old - and the world will know it. Follow the 'Queen of Crime' as she takes us int...

'On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice: "He married your wife, didn't he? Took her away from you some people might say. Nice piece of goods, too, by the look of her. Didn't you f...

The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales. The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed st...

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P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a short story for Christmas, and four of the best have been drawn from the archives and published here together for the first time. From the title story about a strained country-house Christmas party, to another about an il...

St Cedd's Church fete has been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudd...

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Dans ce livre très personnel, à la fois journal intime et mémoires, P. D. James se penche sur les douze mois de sa vie qui vont de son soixante-dix-septième à son soixante-dix-huitième anniversaire, du 3 août 1997 au 2 août 1998. Elle fait alterner des descriptions d'événements quotidiens, d'ordre p...

Réimpression, à l'occasion de la sortie sur les écrans en octobre 2006 du film qui en est tiré, de ce roman de science fiction écrit en 1992. Dans cet étonnant roan, P. D. James imagine une Angleterre du futur gagnée par un fléau : la stérilité humaine. En l'an 221, cela fait un quart de siècle (d...

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