Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray) by P D James

Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray) by P D James

When Cordelia Gray is hired to protect the actress Clarissa Lisle from death threats, she expects a straightforward assignment. She must simply ensure that the forthcoming production of The Duchess of Malfi, at Courcy Island off the Dorset coast, goes ahead without a hitch.Clarissa is, however, the wife of a retired general with right-wing sympathies. As the case unfolds, the identity of her secret enemy begins to emerge and the horrors of the island's mysterious past return to impinge on the present.Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, The Skull beneath the Skin is a complex mystery in the best traditions of the classical English detective story.

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

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ISBN 13	9780571204601
ISBN 10	0571204600
Title	Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray)
Author	P D James
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2000-11-06
Number of pages	400
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