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    <body><![CDATA[One of the earlier Dalgliesh mysteries, but after reading the most recent (and possibly final) story, I appreciate it more.  All the characters have some depth to them (okay, not quite all -- the handy-man, the female wheelchair patients, and the nurses are not too deep, but they have enough persona...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41673851">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[[These notes were made in 1990:]. Once in a while, a bookstore shelf provides a pleasant surprise - in this case a P.D. James I hadn't read, and just as psychologically complex as anything she has written more recently. A daring start - she has Adam Dalgliesh in emotional turmoil following a mistake...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71912847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love P.D. James, but I wasn't crazy about this one.  Because this novel takes place in a nursing home of sorts, the characters are all wracked with physical deformities. Their loss of limbs and bodily functions has left an emptiness that is so filled with self-hatred, spite, and anger that I found...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64002155">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Un polar britannique qui ne réussit pas á m´engager. Après avoir vu le DVD (qui est á éviter, d´ailleurs) je voulais lire le livre afin de comprendre ce qui m´as échappé dans le film. A part d´avoir mieux compris l´histoire, le livre m´a juste confirmé que les polars n´est pas mon gen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54022481">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love historical fiction. The mixing of facts with the authors development of a fictional plot can be astounding. Here, for me, it was interesting but not exceptional. I expected better.<br/><br/>I do recommend this book but don't place it at the top of any list of the very best of historical ficti...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Listened to book on CD.  There are a lot of characters and listening to this book, keeping the characters straight required memory--it would have been easier if I was reading the book and could flip back.  I also felt that the plot was too complicated and the end seemed sudden.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I generally read mysteries more in the vein of Christie and Sayers, so this book was a bit of a change for me.  <br/><br/>The setup is fairly familiar -- the convalescing Commander Dalgliesh receives a letter from his friend requesting a visit... but when he arrives at the home for the disabled wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9176415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually thought this was a pretty good mystery, but I didn't like the prolonged conversation between Julius and Adam Dalgliesh at the end.  Since I knew Adam was going to survive, there wasn't really any tension about that and on audio it just seemed to go on forever - practically a whole disc on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77830997">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite being written several years ago, this mystery still holds suspense until the final pages.  It is also a great way to increase your vocabulary as P.D. James makes full use of the English Language. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The institutional setting here is a convalescent home for adults with diseases like Huntington's and Multiple Sclerosis.  The character portraits are some of James' best, but the mystery itself is pretty lame.  The pleasure of reading James' books is that she presents to you these wonderful initial ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22835610">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's going to take a while to read this, having a hard time getting into it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one of the best by James. The novel doesn't flow, and seems all too extraordinary to be true. True, I had no idea who done it or why - but them the reasons given in the book seem too implausable to be true anyway. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is very hard to get through..not very exciting!]]></body>
    
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