书名：The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories 槲寄生谋杀案和其他故事 P·D·詹姆斯

作者：P.D. James

出版社名称：Faber & Faber

出版时间：2017

语种：英语

ISBN：9780571331352

商品尺寸：14.1 x 1.1 x 19.9 cm

包装：平装

P·D·詹姆斯经常受报纸和杂志委托为圣诞节写一篇短篇小说，其中最好的四篇是从档案馆中抽出来的，并首次在这里一起出版。从一场紧张的乡村圣诞派对的标题故事，到另一场以谋杀结束的非法恋情，再加上侦探亚当·达格利什的两起案件，这些都是公认的“犯罪女王”的精彩故事。

P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a short story for Christmas, and four of the best have been drawn from the archives and published here together for the first time. From the title story about a strained country-house Christmas party, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, plus two cases for detective Adam Dalgliesh, these are masterfully atmospheric stories by the acknowledged 'Queen of Crime'. 

P·D·詹姆斯(1920-2014)出生于牛津，在剑桥女子高中接受教育。从1949年到1968年，她在国家卫生服务体系工作，后来又在内政部工作。她是英国皇家文学学会和英国皇家艺术学会的成员，还担任过BBC的理事、艺术委员会的成员、文学顾问小组的主席、英国文化协会的董事会成员以及米德尔塞克斯和伦敦的地方法官。她获得了英国、美国、意大利和斯堪的纳维亚的犯罪小说奖项，包括美国神秘作家大师奖和美国国家艺术俱乐部文学荣誉勋章。她获得了七所英国大学的荣誉学位，1983年被授予大英帝国勋章，1991年被授予终身贵族称号。1997年，她当选为美国作家协会主席，2013年8月卸任。

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. 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 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.