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I enjoyed this visit back to the first mystery series I ever picked up in my late teens. Sometimes, it's a good thing that my memory is so poor, as this felt like a first-time read.
I love the way James writes. She has a great sense of place, and is able to concisely communicate various people's states of mind amazingly well. She is also able to manage this equally well from a man's or a woman's point of view.
The murderer was a surprise, and there were a couple of twists at the end I didn't see ...more
I love the way James writes. She has a great sense of place, and is able to concisely communicate various people's states of mind amazingly well. She is also able to manage this equally well from a man's or a woman's point of view.
The murderer was a surprise, and there were a couple of twists at the end I didn't see ...more
Young unwed mother Sally Jupp has just started as the housemaid to the Maxie family. It doesn't take long before she announces that son Stephen has proposed to her. When she is found strangled in her bed the next morning, the Maxies are horrified, but also very relieved. Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is sent to sort through the glut of suspects who would want to see the girl dead.
I'm going to get through at least a couple of the Dalgliesh mysteries this month, and Cover Her Face was the first, ...more
I'm going to get through at least a couple of the Dalgliesh mysteries this month, and Cover Her Face was the first, ...more
Have had P.D. James on my mystery TBR list for a long time. This is her first book in the Adam Dalgliesh series. Enjoyable first installment. Reads like an older mystery. Slow to setup and unfold. The murder victim, the pretty new parlor maid (Sally Jupp) drops into the ordered, family manor house like an incendiary. Could see the ending coming early on, but still enjoyed it. In light of changes over time regarding the roles of women, marriage, sexual harassment and social class, this book is al
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