The Victim by P D James
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On the whole, it was easier than I had expected. Only once did I feel myself at risk. That was when the Inspector suddenly intervened. He said in a harsh voice: "He married your wife, didn't he? Took her away from you some people might say. Nice piece of goods, too, by the look of her. Didn't you feel any grievance?"
I had been expecting this question. I knew exactly what I would say.
The late, great P. D. James takes us inside the mind of a murderer.
Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.
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Come Rain or Come Shine
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
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The Country Funeral
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Paradise
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The Our Mutual Friend
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Mrs Fox
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Homeland
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The Inner Room
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Ghostly Stories
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Terrific Mother
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The Cheater's Guide to Love
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Daughters of Passion
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Giacomo Joyce
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An Elegy for Easterly
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The Lydia Steptoe Stories
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Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine
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Fairy Tales
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A River in Egypt
P. D. James (1920-2014) was born in Oxford and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience was used in her novels. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She was an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and The National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She 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, stepping down from the post in August 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571351756 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571351751 |
| Title | The Victim |
| Author | P D James |
| Series | Faber Stories |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2019-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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