P.D. James, the British crime novelist behind works like Innocent Blood, The Children of Men, and Death Comes to Pemberly, has died of undisclosed causes. She was 94.
James leaves behind a legacy of 19 novels and several works of non-fiction. Fourteen of her novels centered on Scotland Yard commander Adam Dalgliesh, her most enduring protagonist, who was introduced in 1962's Cover Her Face and last appeared in 2008's The Private Patient.
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