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Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh, #3)

P.D. James

Start date: March 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

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Why we're reading this: Next in our PD James/Inspector Dalgliesh challenge for 2020
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Apr 14, 2022 Tony Fitzpatrick rated it liked it · review of another edition

This didn't quite work. Got going well, but then took rather a long time to get to the point where Adam solved the murders through purely intuition, and maybe a bit of a guess. It was not actually his case either, he was on holiday at his Aunt's Cottage on the Suffolk Coast, when the noted local "Detective Thriller" author was found dead, in a boat, his hands having been cut off. The famous Detective "who happens to find themselves on holiday when a murder is committed and is obliged to help out ...more

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Jun 21, 2015 AngryGreyCat rated it really liked it

Adam Dagliesh tries, unsuccessfully, to take a break from investigations and visit his aunt. However, the neighbors have other ideas and Dagliesh finds himself drawn into an investigation reluctantly. Well plotted and paced, another good entry in the Adam Dagliesh series.

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Feb 27, 2020 Jill rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I did think the plot of this book was good, and it did keep me guessing almost to the end, but to be honest, I did get tired of the lovey writers and found my mind wandering. The setting was described very well, it was such a shame it was inhabited by such a lot of horrid people. The ending was well done and I could feel the urgency of the situation. So maybe this should be a 3.5 stars

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