The Part-Time Job

Author P.D. James
Ebook
On sale Jul 14, 2020 | 24 Pages | 9780593312179

From P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,”, comes a dark, twisted take on how the best revenge is served ice cold.

“[The mystery] genre’s most talented practitioner ever.” —The New York Times


Willing to wait decades to dispatch the bully who tormented his youth, our narrator has a plan—and the unwavering patience and brutal fortitude to enact its every chilling step. With merciless, meticulous efficiency, James takes us into the mind of a seemingly ordinary man, beneath whose unassuming guise lurks a true Machiavellian genius—for murder.

An ebook short story.
P. D. James was the author of twenty-one books, many of which feature her detective hero, Adam Dalgliesh, and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipi­ent of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature. In 1991 she was created Baroness James of Holland Park. She died in 2014 at the age of ninety-four. View titles by P.D. James

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From P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,”, comes a dark, twisted take on how the best revenge is served ice cold.

“[The mystery] genre’s most talented practitioner ever.” —The New York Times


Willing to wait decades to dispatch the bully who tormented his youth, our narrator has a plan—and the unwavering patience and brutal fortitude to enact its every chilling step. With merciless, meticulous efficiency, James takes us into the mind of a seemingly ordinary man, beneath whose unassuming guise lurks a true Machiavellian genius—for murder.

An ebook short story.

Author

P. D. James was the author of twenty-one books, many of which feature her detective hero, Adam Dalgliesh, and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipi­ent of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature. In 1991 she was created Baroness James of Holland Park. She died in 2014 at the age of ninety-four. View titles by P.D. James