P. D. JAMES -- DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
P.D. JAMES aka
James, Phyllis Dorothy,James White, Phyllis Dorothy,White, Phyllis Dorothy James,Baroness James of Holland Park; Born August 3, 1920, in Oxford, England; married Ernest Conner Bantry White (a medical practitioner), August 8, 1941 (died, 1964); children: Clare, Jane
Awards:
First prize, Crime Writers Association contest, 1967, for short story, "Moment of Power"; Order of the British Empire, 1983; created Life Peer of United Kingdom (Baroness James of Holland Park), 1991; Diamond Dagger Award, Crime Writers Association for services to crime writing; Silver Dagger Awards, Crime Writers Association, for Shroud for a Nightingale and The Black Tower; Edgar Award, Mystery Writers of America, for Shroud for a Nightingale; Scroll Award, Mystery Writers of America, for An Unsuitable Job for a Woman; Litt.D., University of Buckingham, 1992; Doctor of Literature, University of London, 1993
Although P. D. James is best known for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries, she has based this novel on Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, and upon the characters within it. Six years after her marriage, Elizabeth Darcy is happily living with her husband and two sons at Pemberley, when, after the end of their annual autumn ball, an uninvited guest arrives in a chaise from the woods surrounding the estate screaming that her husband has been murdered, thereby shattering Elizabeth's peaceful life.
Read-alikes from NoveList
Novels based on Jane Austen’s characters or featuring Jane Austen have become something of a cottage industry. Here are some that are classified at mysteries.
Lady Catherine's Necklace by Joan Aiken
More character-driven than Death Comes to Pemberley, Lady Catherine's Necklace is
another sequel to Pride and Prejudice that adds elements of mystery to the familiar world and
characters of Jane Austen's classic novel. -- Gillian Speace
Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford
Upon its publication in the UK, Lindsay Ashford's fictional interpretation of the few facts surrounding Jane Austen's mysterious death sparked an international debate and uproar. None of the medical theories offer a satisfactory explanation of Jane Austen's early demise at the age of forty-one.
Jane Austen Mysteries by Stephanie Barron
Author Jane Austen is thrust into the role of detective.
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries by Carrie Bebris
In these engaging, atmospheric historical mysteries -- both "sequels" to Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice -- Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy's lives are complicated by murders and other misfortunes, prompting the couple to engage in some amateur sleuthing. -- Gillian Speace
Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James
Discovering a letter written by Jane Austen inside of an old book, Samantha investigates the letter's suggestions about a possible undiscovered manuscript.
Murder Most Austen by Tracy Kiely
Attending a Jane Austen festival in Bath, Elizabeth Parker meets a self-proclaimed Austen expert who suggests that a darker story is hidden within each Austen novel and that he knows unsettling truths about the author's death.
Murder in Abbot’s Folly by Amy Myers
Peter Marsh and his daughter Georgia expect to be investigating an old, unsolved murder case when they are invited to a summer gala at a Georgian mansion in honor of Jane Austen, but find themselves embroiled in a new murder
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
Readers who don't mind some playful reconfiguring of Jane Austen's novels may enjoy both
Murder at Mansfield Park (in which Fanny Price is murdered!), and Death Comes to Pemberley (in which Elizabeth Darcy has a murder to solve). -- Victoria Caplinger
Adam Dalgliesh series:
1. Cover her face (May 2001)
2. A mind to murder (Jan 1963)
3. Unnatural causes (Jun 1967)
4. Shroud for a nightingale (Jan 1971)
5.The black tower (Aug 1975)
6. Death of an expert witness (Oct 2001)
7. A taste for death (Nov 1986)
8. Devices and desires (May 2004)
9. Original sin (Feb 1995)
10. A certain justice (Dec 1997)
11. Death in holy orders (Apr 2001)
12. The murder room (Nov 2003)
13. The lighthouse (Nov 2005)
14.The private patient (Nov 2008)
Cordelia Gray
An unsuitable job for a woman (1972)
The skull beneath the skin(Jan 1983)
