P.D. James Farewell – A Terrific Collection of Short Stories

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Charlene Giannetti in Reading Around

To fans who have enjoyed – no, loved – P.D. James’ novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a Scotland Yard investigator who also wrote poetry, this collection of short stores, published after her death on November 27, 2014, is bittersweet. Already we miss her intelligent prose and plots that left us guessing until the last page. 

We can still go back to read her many mysteries, as well as Death Comes to Pemberley, which featured the popular characters from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. But don’t miss this collection, which includes six short stories that unfold in true P.D. James fashion. 

The Yo-Yo focuses on an innocent childhood toy. But there is nothing innocent about what a young nan witnesses that haunts him many years later. We are pulled into unrequited love between a woman who became a celebrity and the husband she left behind. Other stories include a Santa Claus who meets an untimely death, a young woman who loved to hang out in graveyards, to name just two. Whiles the stories are not connected, each one adds to James’ legacy and her reputation as thew Queen of Mystery,

Don’t miss this collection.

Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales
P.D. James

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Charlene Giannetti, editor of Woman Around Town, is the recipient of seven awards from the New York Press Club for articles that have appeared on the website. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Charlene began her career working for a newspaper in Pennsylvania, then wrote for several publications in Washington covering environment and energy policy. In New York, she was an editor at Business Week magazine and her articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. She is the author of 13 non-fiction books, eight for parents of young adolescents written with Margaret Sagarese, including "The Roller-Coaster Years," "Cliques," and "Boy Crazy." She and Margaret have been keynote speakers at many events and have appeared on the Today Show, CBS Morning, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and many others. Her last book, "The Plantations of Virginia," written with Jai Williams, was published by Globe Pequot Press in February, 2017. Her podcast, WAT-CAST, interviewing men and women making news, is available on Soundcloud and on iTunes. She is one of the producers for the film "Life After You," focusing on the opioid/heroin crisis that had its premiere at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, where it won two awards. The film is now available to view on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other services. Charlene and her husband live in Manhattan.

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