P.D. James writes Jane Austen sequel

[October 13, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- P.D. James could hold back no longer.

The 91-year-old detective said Wednesday she was glad to finally complete a long-desired project -- a sequel to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."

James' "Death Comes to Pemberley" will be published by Faber & Faber in Britain in early November and by Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. on Dec. 6.

James tells The Associated Press during a telephone interview that the new book allows her to indulge two great passions: Austen and crime stories.

James, of course, won't reveal the ending. But she did give away the beginning. An autumn moon gathering at the home of Darcy and Elizabeth is disrupted by an oncoming carriage and a story of murder.

[Associated Press]

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