Cover her face

Cover her face

1962 • 260 pages

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When a sly and sensuous young woman who had used her body and her brains to climb the social ladder is murdered by someone who had clearly decided that the wages of sin should be death, it falls to Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find out who the killer is.

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Adam Dalgliesh

Adam Dalgliesh is a 16-book series with 14 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by P.D. James and P. D. James.

Cover her face
A mind to murder
Unnatural Causes
Shroud for a nightingale
The Black Tower
Death Of An Expert Witness
A Taste For Death
Devices and Desires
Original Sin
A certain justice
Death In Holy Orders
The Murder Room

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Neat little whodunnit. I had sort of guessed who the culprit was before the end but it was an enjoyable enough read.

Although some individual bits of nice writing, nothing exciting here, especially Inspector Dalgleish.

October 27, 2013

Rather stolid and but I was intrigued by the structure. I've read her before, but only sporadically over the years, so it'll be interesting to see how her style unfolds.

February 28, 2015

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