Jemima Shore

Jemima Shore is a fictional character created by Antonia Fraser,^[1] and is portrayed as TV's consummately professional investigative journalist. She is featured in a series of crime novels.

Jemima Shore
First appearance	Quiet as a Nun
Last appearance	Political Death
Created by	Antonia Fraser
Portrayed by	Maria Aitken Patricia Hodge
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Investigative journalist
Nationality	British

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,^[2] and an omnibus series, Jemima Shore Investigates, starring Patricia Hodge in the title role. The series was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network in 1983.^[3] One series of twelve episodes was made.