{"product_id":"pd-james-laurel-a-young-9780786497911","title":"P.D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's \"Queen of Crime.\" Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray. Stand-alone works include the dystopian \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eDeath Comes to Pemberley\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), a sequel to Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e James's careful plotting has earned comparison with Golden Age British detective writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Yet James's work is thoroughly modern, with realistic descriptions of police procedures and the echoes and aftereffects of crime. This literary companion includes more than 700 encyclopedic entries covering the characters, settings and themes of her published writing, along with a career chronology, chronological and alphabetical listings of her works, and an exhaustive index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel A. Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786497912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786497911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018","brand":"Laurel A. Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079364407551,"sku":"9780786497911","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_928c4412-da58-4559-9fa3-fd5f76d722fb.jpg?v=1685480716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pd-james-laurel-a-young-9780786497911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}