Description

This is a hardcover first edition of The Omnibus P.D. James published by Faber & Faber in 1990.
The author, P.D. James, is a renowned British crime novelist famous for her Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray mysteries.

This volume contains three complete crime novels by P.D. James: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Death of an Expert Witness, and Innocent Blood. The author has also written a special preface for this edition in which she reflects upon her work and the significance of the crime genre in which she writes.

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: This is the debut of 22-year-old amateur investigator Cordelia Gray. After inheriting a ramshackle detective agency following the suicide of her partner, she takes on a wealthy client’s case investigating the “suicide” of his Cambridge-dropout son. She uncovers a tangled web of lies, murder, and danger.

Death of an Expert Witness: The seventh installment in the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh series. Set against the bleak fens of East Anglia, the story unfolds inside a highly specialized forensic laboratory. When one of the scientists is murdered, Dalgliesh is called in to navigate a tense, isolated environment packed with professional jealousies and dark secrets.

Innocent Blood: Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals. Philippa quickly learns that those who delve into the secrets of the past must be on guard when long-buried horrors begin to stir.