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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML:No one gets inside the head of the murderer�or makes it a more thrilling read�than the late, great P. D. James. Fast on the heels of her latest best seller: a new, fiendishly entertaining gathering of previously uncollected stories, from the author of Death Comes to Pemberley and The Private Patient. It's not always a question of "whodunit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or how. And although we usually know the unhealthy fates of both victim and perpetrator, what of those clever few who plan and carry out the perfect crime? The ones who aren't brought down even though they're found out? And what about those who do the finding out who witness a murder or who identify the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the mysteries that we follow through those six stories as we are drawn into the thinking, the memories, the emotional machinations, the rationalizations, the dreams and desires behind murderous cause and effect. This selection � 2017 by the Estate of P.D. James. �The Yo-Yo� written 1996; revised as �Hearing Ghote� in The Verdict of Us All, ed. Peter Lovesey copyright P. D. James 2006. �The Victim� first published in Winter�s Crimes 5, ed. Virginia Whitaker copyright P. D. James 1973. �The Murder of Santa Claus� first published in Great Detectives, ed. D. W. McCullough copyright P. D. James 1984. �The Girl Who Loved Graveyards� first published in Winter�s Crimes 15, ed. George Hardinge copyright P. D. James 1983. �A Very Desirable Residence� first published in Winter�s Crimes 8, ed. Hilary Watson copyright P. D. James 1976. �Mr Millcroft�s Birthday� first published as �The Man Who Was 80� in The Man Who copyright P. D. James 1992; revised as �Mr Maybrick�s Birthday� copyright 2005. Foreword copyright 2017 by Peter Kemp. .… (more)
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This collection of short stories from the late PD James, just reminds us how much she was loved and will be missed. She delivers in each short story something other authors fail to deliver in a full-scale novel. All these short murder
Each of these stories are a standalone story, all written in beautiful prose, full of twists, most of which you never see coming. Each story an original from someone who was the queen of mystery writers, who knew how to entertain her readership.
PD James may be gone, but this collection is an excellent testament to her talent and writing, and as she always did, reminds me how many women have really made this genre their own. This is in the grand tradition of short mystery stories first started by Agatha Christie and PD James was a true heir to her crown.
I cannot recommend this collection highly enough.
I think “The Girl Who Loved Graveyards” was my favorite, if I
While some of these stories will give you chills, some of them will make you laugh, like “Mr. Millcroft’s Birthday”. They take place in the 1920’s and 1930’s and have a wonderful old-fashioned feel about them. Ms. James must have had so much fun writing these witty, delightful short stories.
Most highly recommended.
This book was given to me by the publisher in return for an honest review.
Mostly the stories were 20-30 pages long, easily conquered in a sitting, and very
Highly recommended.
"The Murder of Santa Claus" is very engaging, although it takes the most comfortable tropes of a Christie-style mystery and makes them anxious and shrill, and "Mr. Millcroft's Birthday" has a wry sense of humor which I enjoyed. The other stories - if I were to be uncharitable - may have gone uncollected, up til now, for a reason.
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