British detective writer P. D. James dies, aged 94


A filepix of the late P.D. James. - AFP

LONDON: British detective writer P. D. James, who was best known for her mystery series featuring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh, died on Thursday at the age of 94.

"It is with great sadness that the family of author P. D. James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE... announce that she died peacefully at her home in Oxford on the morning of 27 November 2014, aged 94," Faber > Faber said in a statement.

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