书名：The Skull Beneath the Skin 皮肤下的头盖骨 P·D·詹姆斯

作者：P. D. James

出版社名称：Faber & Faber

出版时间：2020

语种：英语

ISBN：9780571355754

商品尺寸：12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm

包装：平装

毫无疑问，此次本书的人物会有所变化。寇蒂莉亚不必再让毕维斯大上午闲逛似的穿梭在拥挤的金丽大街上，透过目不暇接的货车和出租车打量那块牌匾，只为了得出一个精确的数据：这个如此精规细划而又昂贵的长方形铜器安装得不太正，歪了半英寸。因为她觉得，虽然这块牌匾的名字简单明了得不乏白命不凡和荒诞不羁，正像它歪斜的位置一样，对于一个没什么希望和缺乏宣传的企业来说，这样的广告宣传已经足够了……

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.

A Cordelia Gray Mystery

Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious.

Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi, to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down to hell'.

Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, The Skull Beneath the Skin is a complex mystery which more than lives up to its predecessor, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.

P.D. 詹姆斯出生于英国伦敦牛津，尽管只有高中毕业，但詹姆斯凭借其勤奋自修的学识，与文笔脱俗的创作，得到文学圈极高的赞誉。她三十八岁开始发表作品，四十二岁时完成长篇推理《掩上她的脸》（Cover Her Face，1962），赢得文坛一片赞赏。她的作品《夜莺的尸衣》和《教堂谋杀案》均获得CWA和MWA最佳小说奖。

由于写作有成，她获得许多国际知名文学奖，包括在英国犯罪作家推理协会颁发的、有“诺贝尔推理文学奖”之称的“钻石匕首奖”，并受英国皇室勋封为女男爵，更获颁美国侦探作家协会终身成就奖——“大师奖”，以及“爱伦坡奖”。

P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011).

James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.