An unsuitable job for a woman
Main Author: | James, P. D. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Scribner Paperback Fiction,
2001, c1977.
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Edition: | 1st Scribner pbk. Fiction ed. |
Series: |
Cordelia Gray mystery ;
1. |
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Physical Description: |
250 p. ; 21 cm. |
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ISBN: |
0743219554 (pbk) |
Author Notes: |
Her first novel, Cover Her Face, was published in 1962. She wrote approximately 20 books during her lifetime including the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series, the Cordelia Gray Mystery series, and Death Comes to Pemberley. She became a full-time writer in 1979. Three titles in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series received the Silver Dagger award--Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and A Taste for Death. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. Her dystopian novel, The Children of Men, was adapted into a movie in 2006. She received the Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. She died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) |