Today, we're remembering an author who was known as the Queen of Crime. Phyllis Dorothy James, P.D. James to her fans around the world, died today at her home in Oxford, England, at age 94. She ...

One of my mother's sisters turns 90 this month. (We plan to party.) My dad's only sister will turn 95 a few months later. (We plan to party again.) Her celebration may include dancing because for her, ...

Adam Dalgliesh, the main character in 14 of P.D. James’ mystery novels, was always unique among British mystery detectives because, not only is he a published poet, but he’s also one of the most ...

LONDON -- P.D. James took the classic British detective story into tough modern terrain, complete with troubled relationships and brutal violence, and never accepted that crime writing was ...

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - British crime writer P.D. James, creator of poetry-writing detective Adam Dalgliesh, has died at the age of 94, her publishers said on Thursday. "We will all miss her," ...

She is now a baroness, but to millions of readers worldwide, P.D. James is a spinner of crime novels rich with detail and memorable characters. Her first Adam Dalgliesh book was published in 1962.

Few novelists have remained at the top of their form as long as P. D. James has. Though her new Adam Dalgliesh mystery isn’t among the 88-year-old writer’s best (as The Lighthouse, published when she ...