2008年，《时代周刊》选出了五十位最伟大的犯罪小说家，P.D. James名列前矛，甚至在这类小说的开山始祖爱伦•坡的前面。《时代周刊》给她的赞美是：创作力丰沛且脑容量惊人的贵妇。这位现年八十八岁高龄、气质高雅非凡的女作家，目前还活跃于文坛。 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伯爵，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”

When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder. With "discernment, depth, and cr...(展开全部)

伊恩‧克肖（Iran Kershaw） 英国谢菲尔德大学现代史教授，英国社会科学院院士，皇家历史学会会员，世界著名的第三帝国和阿道夫‧希特勒研究学者。 伊恩‧克肖一生学术成就斐然。在数十年的学术生涯中，他已出版了二十余种有关纳粹德国以及阿道夫‧希特勒的研究专著和人物传记，他的多部研究著作以多种文字在世界各国出版并获得众多奖项，但为其在第三帝国研究领域获得世界声誉的应属1998年和2000年相继出版的两卷本人物传记《希特勒，傲慢（1889—1936）》和《希特勒，报应（1936—1945）》。此书一经出版即在西方学术界引起轰动，被誉为“第三帝国研究史上的里程碑著作”，并获得英国沃尔夫森历史文学奖（相当于美国的普利策奖）、奥地利布鲁诺?克莱斯基政治图书奖、英国年度学术图书奖等重要奖项。 为便于普通读者阅读，他于2007年又对这部皇皇巨著进行了重大修改，在...(展开全部)

Now at last in a single, abridged paperback - the definitive life. Ian Kershaw's two-volume biography of Hitler was greeted with universal acclaim as the essential work on one of the most malign figures in history. Now this landmark biography is available in one single, abridged edition, tracing the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria ros...(展开全部)

Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients, " he figured, the more money - and more people eager to see him dead. So no one is surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River with his skull bashed in. And what's worse, no one cares - except Matthew Scudder. ...(展开全部)

Review There is a lot to really enjoy in this story and there is great energy to the writing, as well as some fine characterization. (Peter James, award-winning and no.1 bestselling crime thriller author of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series) Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark, dangerous and intricately plotted – my heart literally pounded. I haven't been this add...(展开全部)

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperat...(展开全部)

Review There is a lot to really enjoy in this story and there is great energy to the writing, as well as some fine characterization. (Peter James, award-winning and no.1 bestselling crime thriller author of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series) Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark, dangerous and intricately plotted – my heart literally pounded. I haven't been this add...(展开全部)