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From international best-selling mystery novelist P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James White, 1920- ) comes two books – each signed by the author!

Death in Holy Orders (2001, first edition England, NEW original dust jacket.)  The setting itself is elemental P. D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm's. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school's young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants—and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son's death. Although there seems to be little to investigate, Dalgliesh agrees, largely out of nostalgia for several happy summers he spent at St. Anselm's as a boy. No sooner does he arrive, however, than the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself ineluctably drawn into the labyrinth of an intricate and violent mystery.

The Lighthouse  (2005, first edition England, NEW original dust jacket.)  A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders. Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. He is uncertain about his future with his girlfriend Emma Lavenham; his principle detective Kate Miskin is going through an emotional crisis; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is not happy about having a female boss. After a second brutal killing, the whole investigation is jeopardized, and Dalgliesh is faced with a danger even more insidious than murder.

P. D. James is the author of twenty books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United Kingdom, the U.S. and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Department of Great Britain's Home Office, and has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. The nonagenarian was raised to the peerage as Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. Baroness James is the recipient of many prizes and honors, including the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, the Diamond Dagger from British Crime Writers' Association, and induction into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame.

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