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  • Adrian Tinniswood: The Power and the Glory
  • Martin Williams: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
  • Gavin Plumley: A Home for all Seasons
  • Robert Harris: Precipice
  • Nigel Slater: A Thousand Feasts
  • Joan Aiken: Tales of London Town
  • Alan Connor: 188 Words for Rain
  • Ben Robinson: English Villages: An Extraordinary Journey through Time

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Spade & Dagger

Of the PD James novels, I've only read Death Comes to Pemberley and sadly it did not inspire me to seek out others. However, perhaps I should try her earlier ones such as Cover Her Face.

Jayne

You've made me think about re-reqding some P. D. James now!

Cornflower

No, that's not typical James! Don't be put off, though, Spade & Dagger, try her Dalgleish books some time.

Cornflower

I'm not sure what prompted me to do it, Jayne, but I'm glad I've picked up Cover Her Face, and I'd like to re-read the rest (over time) in the order in which they were written.

cath

Coïncidence: not reading but watching yesterday evening, and the evening before, and... 'An Unsuitable Job For a Woman'featuring detective Cordelia Gray. Now I might do some detective work myself and try to find out in which P.D. James books she appears and then proceed reading those.

Cornflower

Cath, I'd forgotten all about Cordelia Gray! As far as I can see she appears in only "The Skull Beneath The Skin" apart from "An Unsuitable Job ..."

Alice C

I have never read P D James before but decided to try the Dalgleish novels recently. I read the first three and was surprised that they were so similar in formula to Golden Age crime writing, I had expected them to have more challenging plots. I enjoyed the development of Adam Dalgleish as a character and the sections where P D James has a rant about something that she dislikes but discovered that I did not really care whodunnit or why which made reading the books a struggle.

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