Baroness James of Holland Park (1920–2014), English writer of detective fiction; full name Phyllis Dorothy James. She is noted for her novels featuring the poet-detective Adam Dalgleish, including A Taste for Death (1986).
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Baroness James of Holland Park (1920–2014), English detective novelist; full name Phyllis Dorothy James. Her novels feature the detective Adam Dalgliesh and include An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), A Certain Justice (1997), and Death in Holy Orders (2001).