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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill.

&lt;I&gt;Cover Her Face&lt;/I&gt; is P. D. James's electric debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1962</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[P.D. James]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like keeping a crime novel handy sometimes when I’m reading a nonfiction book.  I tend to find fiction a bit more relaxing, and would prefer not to read a book like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Omnivore’s Dilemma" title="The Omnivore’s Dilemma">The Omnivore’s Dilemma</a> (the other book I’m reading) before bed.  This was James’ debut novel, and it reads quite assuredly fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16516025">more...</a>]]></body>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Dec 21 17:45:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[James, P. D.  COVER HER FACE.  (1962).  *****.  This was James’ first Detective Chief Superintendent Adam Dagliesh mystery, and marked her entrance into the field superlatively.  I’ve always wanted to read these mysteries in order, but, unfortunately, read them as I found them.  Some little piec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40629609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56970743">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stven]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[all Brit mystery fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 22 10:41:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 22 10:49:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm hovering between three stars and four and pick three simply because I know the later books in the series get better, and I need a way to go up!  Adam Dalgliesh is my favorite P.D. James character, and though I have read many of the novels and seen most of the BBC productions featuring him, I had...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56970743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63998935">
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    <name><![CDATA[Angela]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 18 12:15:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 18 12:20:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a bit of a struggle for me to get into.  (1) The author introduces every suspect and nearly every character in the first three pages of the book.  (2) Most of the characters are from the same family and share a last name.  This, however, does not prevent the author from referring to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63998935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77243270">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 09 14:48:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 14:48:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why did I read an English country-house murder mystery immediately after complaining about same? I suppose because this one was actually good. The odd thing about the two James mysteries I've read so far is that while I enjoy the process of actually reading them--James's writing style and pace pleas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77243270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32678913">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Sep 12 05:27:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 12 05:28:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[-(#1 of the Dangleish series)  This was an interesting mystery.  It definitely reminded me of an Agatha Christie novel.  The story is about a supposed single mom who is housekeeping at the Maxie house.  She is a mystery to the family.  To the family’s surprise, the son, Stephen Maxie, announces hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32678913">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23885351">
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    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 06 15:08:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 08 09:10:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[6/3 - 6/7<br/>Always wanted to read a PDJ, figured I'd start from the beginning... I enjoyed this book and will definitely read more as I love mysteries, however:<br/><br/>** Spoiler Alert**<br/><br/>I'm not one to try and solve mysteries as i read them... occasionally i guess them, but I can't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23885351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15239143">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 12 09:15:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 12 09:15:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book EONS ago but had totally forgotten the plot, the mystery and the killer, so it was truly like reading it for the first time. Now I'm interested enough to reread more of my books by this author. If you haven't read it, go get a copy. It's a great book, a great mystery, filled with en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15239143">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5658557">
    <user id="345866">
    <name><![CDATA[Debs4jc]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 04 15:19:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 04 15:19:36 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a classic english mystery along the lines of an agatha christie story.  there is the upper class family who lives in their family manor and is attended to by servants.  one of these, sally jupp, was a meddlesome single mother and her death by strangulation is what brings inspector adam dalgl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5658557">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40828225">
    <user id="1828781">
    <name><![CDATA[Sorcha]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 24 08:39:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 24 08:39:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Dalgliesh gets called in to solve the murder of the umarried mother employed as a maid in the manor house, who is killed mere hours after announcing that the son of the house has proposed.<br/><br/>Investigations prove that noone really knew her and everyone had their own opinion of what she was li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40828225">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39945186">
    <user id="289271">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca (N)]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 12 08:55:22 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read Cover her face, the first in the Dalgliesh series, when it came out many years ago. I have decided to re-visit the earlier P.D. James books by listening to them on audio as they  are being released in audiobook.  P.D. James is an incredible writer and her best writing comes along later in thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39945186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59619073">
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    <name><![CDATA[Anne Hawn]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 09:50:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book a long time ago and re-read it recently.  It's hard to believe that this was the Inspector Dalgliesh novel, the plot is so well constructed.  The characters are real and the ending ties up all the loose ends and is a plausible solution.  Unlike some of the current mysteries, it is a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59619073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1912597">
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    <name><![CDATA[Korey]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having read several of James' other mysteries, I was surprised at how disappointed I was by <em>Cover Her Face</em>.  At first, I had trouble even deciding on why this one was such a let down.  And then I realized that this was her first novel.  This being the case, I felt that the flow between scenes felt f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1912597">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73378393">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tracy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like the Dalgliesh shows on PBS, and I like the books as well or even more.  <br/><br/>This story held my interest and kept me guessing until near the end (I did figure out whodunit before the reveal).  <br/><br/>The writer does a good job of creating and describing characters who, at first, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73378393">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72174512">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lobstergirl]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dated (the shame of the unwed mother!), very derivative of Agatha Christie.  All the suspects are sullen, hateful, vengeful, have chips on their shoulders, are emotional cripples, etc.  It gets kind of tiresome after awhile.  And it always bothers me when the lead detective gets a lusty glimmer in h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72174512">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34240838">
    <user id="1494662">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Silver Spring, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 30 18:30:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 12 19:16:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In reading this, the first Adam Dalgliesh novel by P.D. James, I was thrilled to note immediately that P.D. James has not only grown tremendously as a novelist over the years, but that she started out as a very fine mystery writer.  I've read most of the later Adam Dalgliesh novels, and I decided to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34240838">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 18 17:46:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[P.D. James definitely improved with practice.  I am certainly glad this wasn't the first book of hers I ever read, as it would have been my last.  Boring, predictable characters, not a very interesting mystery, and a ridiculous solution.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 03:57:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 03:58:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish we could do half stars.  A good read, better written than 90% of the mystery genre I read, but I struggled with keeping my attention.  I read it in about 6 days, normally a good gripping mystery will be finished in 2.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu May 14 08:57:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Dahlgliesh written in 1962.  A maid has been strangled and the people of the manor are the suspects.  Goes on a bit with some of the family members trying to solve the mystery, but a nice twist at the end as Dahlgliesh finds the murderer.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Christine]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 14 10:01:36 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 10:02:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd heard that the earlier Adam Dalgliesh books weren't as good as the later ones and having read that, I think it's true.  It's still a good read, but having read The Lighthouse and others, it doesn't compare.]]></body>
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