P.D. James: The Skull Beneath the Skin

From the Publisher:
Hired to protect beautiful but neurotic actress Clarissa Lisle from a spate of poison pen letters, Cordelia Gray is unprepared for a case as deadly as it is mysterious.

A masterly version of the clue and alibi game ... a richly textured five-star baroque entertainment.' Guardian
'Cordelia Gray is back, and welcome.' Sunday Telegraph

P.D. James: The Skull Beneath the Skin. Faber and Faber, ISBN: 057120399X (November, 2000), £6.99