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by P. D. James (Author)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "superbly executed mystery" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) from the award-winning master of literary crime fiction.
"Within the setting of a great Victorian mansion set on crumbling cliffs--a large cast of variously unscrupulous men and women is brought together in a tangle of murder, mayhem, betrayal, incest, and generally bad behavior."--The New York Times Book Review
Author Biography
P.D. James is the author of sixteen previous books, most of which have been filmed for television. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain's Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honours, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.
