The Skull Beneath the Skin

The Skull Beneath the Skin

by Baroness P . D . James (Author)

Synopsis

Hired to protect beautiful but neurotic actress Clarissa Lisle from a spate of poison pen letters, Cordelia Gray is unprepared for a case as deadly as it is mysterious.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 06 Nov 2000

ISBN 10: 0571204600
ISBN 13: 9780571204601

Media Reviews
A fine novel . . . from its very first pages you feel you are in marvellously sure hands. --The Times Irresistible. -- Winnipeg Free Press Original, suspenseful, ingenious. . . . A whacking great whodunit by the reigning Queen of Mystery. -- Calgary Sun Her concern with the psychological reality of her characters is complemented by a scrupulous attention to physical detail, an easy ear for dialogue and a concise voice for description. Taken together, these are an unfailing combination. -- The Hamilton Spectator The reason it takes me so long to write is because it takes a long time for the characters to reveal themselves to me. My ambition as a writer is to make even the minor characters come alive. --P. D. James James pulls out all the stops ... an overlay of lust; midnight apparitions; hairbreadth escapes. --New York Magazine A masterly version of the clue-and-alibi game ... five star. -- Th
Author Bio
P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of the Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of its Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters. d honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE