Talking about Detective Fiction

After nearly fifty years at the forefront of the genre, P.D. James is ideally placed to talk frankly about the craft of detective fiction. From the tenant of 221B Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse of the future, James explores the development of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel.
Her admiration for many of her forebears and contemporaries in crime fiction shines through this personal and engaging account.