Jemima Shore is a fictional character created by

Antonia Fraser Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to h ...

, and is portrayed as TV's consummately professional investigative journalist. She is featured in a series of crime novels.

Novels

* '' Quiet as a Nun'' (1977) * ''The Wild Island'' (1978) * ''A Splash of Red'' (1981) * ''Cool Repentance'' (1982) * '' Oxford Blood'' (1985) * ''Jemima Shore's First Case, and Other Stories'' (1986; short story collection with 5 JS stories and 8 others) * ''Your Royal Hostage'' (1987) * ''The Cavalier Case'' (1990) * '' Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave'' (1991) * ''Political Death'' (1995)

Television

Fraser's creation has been the basis of two television series which were broadcast in the United Kingdom: the 1978 '' Armchair Thriller'' serial '' Quiet as a Nun'' with Maria Aitken as Jemima Shore, and an omnibus series, '' Jemima Shore Investigates'', starring

Patricia Hodge Patricia Ann Hodge (born 29 September 1946) is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in '' Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Miranda ...

in the title role. The series was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network in 1983. One series of twelve episodes was made.

References

External links

* Shore, Jemima Characters in British novels of the 20th century Fictional British detectives Fictional reporters and correspondents Jemima Shore Jemima Shore Investigates Jemima Shore Investigates Jemima Shore Investigates Jemima Shore Investigates {{novel-char-stub