Books with author James D.

Mrs. Maxie had to cope almost single-handed with a large house and an invalid husband; but when she took Sally Jupp from the village home for unmarried mothers to help at Martingale there was much head-shaking in the village. It was bound, people said, to lead to trouble; bound, people said, to lead to trouble; but not even the most pessimistic of the local Cassandras ever guessed how disastrous for the Maxies that trouble was going to be. The real Sally Jupp, pretty, ambitious, and clever, was a very different person from the meekly grateful repentant sinner that she seemed to be - and her stay at Martingale ended in violence and death. Throughout the summer tension in the house rose; and it reached its shattering climax on the night of the annual fete. By morning Sally was dead and Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh and his sergeant arrived in the peace of a country Sunday to investigate a killing as puzzling and mysterious as the character of Sally herself. Book Dust Jacket

Award-winning P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, plots this atmospheric and disturbing novel in the year 2021. Children of Men is a brilliant mystery possessing all of the qualities which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably, as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. PD James is the world's pre-eminent crime writer, most famous for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries and for her bestselling titles Death Comes to Pemberley and The Murder Room. Children of Men was adapted into a hit film in 2006, directed by Alfonso Cuarón the film starred Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore.

Newly edited, and even better than before. Enjoy the best selling, and first book in the mesmerizing Muse Series. If you love V.C. Andrews style books that mix Gothic Horror with the Family Saga genre, then you will love this book. It's packed with lies and betrayals and twists. Jimmy's world collapses as he sees his mother being arrested. Before he knows what is happening, he's taken to live with strangers that he's told are his biological family. His Grandfather rules the family with an iron first. While Jimmy tried desperately to reconnect to his Mom and Sister, he must adapt to the abuse of his new wealthy family, a new school, his new job with the family business, and all of the lies and secrets that are uncovered. See the rest of the books in the Muse Series: As the Snow Falls - Vol. 1 (Book 1 in the Muse Series) As the Snow Falls - Vol. 2 (Book 2 in the Muse Series) After the Tears Melt - Vol. 1 (Book 3 in the Muse Series) After the Tears Melt - Vol. 2 (Book 4 in the Muse Series) In My Frozen Dreams - Vol. 1 (Book 5 in the Muse Series) Here is an excerpt from the book: My best friend just started cracking up laughing. "You know I'm your best friend and would do anything for you, dude....but, I'm not kissing you!" he teased. Hearing that made me laugh and lightened my mood. That is, until we rounded the next corner. Blue and red lights were flashing near my house. I could see a portly police officer putting my Mom in the back of a squad car. She was handcuffed! I forgot about Connor and my note from April, and sprinted to my house as the police car containing my Mom drove off. I don't know when I started crying, but tears were streaming down my face. At first, I figured it was just snowflakes that landed on me, melting. I was screaming, trying to catch my mother. I didn't know what was going on. As I reached my house, a tall, middle-aged, uniformed officer asked if I was James Nelson. "Where did you take my Mom?" I screamed, through my sobbing and tears. "It'll be alright, son." The officer told me. "Are you James Nelson?" "YES! YES! Why did you take my Mom away?" I demanded. "Because she isn't your Mom," the tall officer answered. That's all I remembered before I fainted.