The Skull Beneath The Skin.

P. D. JAMES

Publication: London: Faber & Faber, 1982,

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Cordelia Gray is hired to accompany fading actress Clarissa Lisle to a castle where she is planning her spectacular comeback. At the gothic castle, Clarissa receives numerous poison-pen letters containing death threats. Cordelia is asked to investigate. Sadly, P. D. James died at 94 years of age in November, 2014.