Unnatural Causes Paperback by P. D. James

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2010-06-29)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780307400369
• Item Weight: 215.46 grams
• Dimensions: 7.91 x 5.18 x 0.68 cm

Maurice Seton was a famous mystery writer—but no murder from his imagination could equal the ghastliness of his own death. When his grotesquely mutilated corpse is found in a drifting dinghy, ripples of horror spread among his bizarre neighbours: the cruel and cynical drama critic, the celebrated recluse, the rakish young heir, the terrified woman waiting for her killer in a lonely house. . . It is up to Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh and his extraordinary aunt to discover the shocking truth about Seton's past—before the plot takes another murderous turn.

About the Author

P. D. JAMES (1920-2014) published nineteen novels, two works of non-fiction, a memoir, and many distinguished essays. Most of her novels have been broadcast on television, and The Children of Men was the basis for an award-winning film. 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. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. Her commitment to public service included serving as a Governor of the BBC, 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, and was elected President of the Society of Authors. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991 as Baroness James of Holland Park.