Jemima Shore

Jemima Shore

"Jemima Shore" is a fictional character created by Antonia Fraser, 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" (1986)
* "Your Royal Hostage" (1987)
* "The Cavalier Case" (1990)
* "Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave" (1991)
* "Political Death"(1995)

Television

Fraser's creation has also been the basis of two television series which aired in the UK: the 1978 serial "Quiet as a Nun" with Maria Aitken as Jemima Shore, and an ongoing series, "Jemima Shore Investigates", starring Patricia Hodge in the title role. The series was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network in 1983. One series of twelve episodes was made.

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