P.D. James

	P.D. James [1920-2014]
	Diamond Dagger Award, 1987 Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, 1999
	Adam Dalgliesh, a critically acclaimed poet and Scotland Yard commander, in London, England:
	Cover Her Face (1962) A Mind To Murder (1963) Unnatural Causes (1967) Shroud for a Nightingale (1971) 1971 Silver Dagger Award Finalist 1972 Edgar Award for Best Mystery The Black Tower (1975) 1975 Silver Dagger Award Death of an Expert Witness (1977) Finalist 1977 Gold Dagger Award A Taste for Death (1986) 1986 Silver Dagger Award 1987 Macavity Award for Best Novel Finalist 1987 Edgar Award for Best Mystery	Devices and Desires (1989) Original Sin (1994) A Certain Justice (1997) Death in Holy Orders (2001) Finalist 2002 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Murder Room (2004) The Lighthouse (2005) The Private Patient (2008)

	Cordelia Gray, a fledgling private investigator in London, England:
	An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972) Finalist 1972 Gold Dagger Award Finalist 1974 Edgar Award for Best Mystery	The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982) Finalist 1982 Gold Dagger Award

	Non-series:
	Innocent Blood (1980) Finalist 1980 Gold Dagger Award The Children of Men (1993) Death Comes to Pemberley (2011)	The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories (2016) [SS, two with Dalgliesh] Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales (2017) [SS]

	Non-fiction:
	The Maul and the Pear Tree¹ (1971)	Talking About Detective Fiction (2009) 2010 Anthony Award for Best Nonfiction 2010 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction Finalist 2009 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
	1. True crime book written with historian T.A. Critchley.

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