Skull beneath the Skin, the (Cordelia Gray Mystery) - Hardcover

James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743222059 ISBN 13: 9780743222051

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2001

Synopsis

P. D. James is the reigning mistress of murder. -- Time Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death. Richly intricate and literate, James's second Cordelia Gray mystery shows James at the height of her story telling powers (San Francisco Chronicle).

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Review:

"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

Book Description:

In The Skull Beneath the Skin, the second Cordelia Gray mystery from P.D. James, Cordelia is hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress and soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her life as it is mysterious.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743222059
• ISBN 13: 9780743222051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352