Talking About Detective Fiction SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION P. D. James

On offer is a hand signed, limited edition, numbered, slip cased book titled Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D James. This is limited too only 450 worldwide and this one is numbered 350/450.\nSynopsis\nTo judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination li.