Cover her face

Short review:I have been encouraged to pick up Adam Dalgliesh mysteries because I have liked Gamache and Bruno and some others. I did not realize that it had been originally written in 1961, it does not feel dated at all. It does feel a bit like Murder on the Orient Express in some of its set up. I was listening to a Great Courses lecture on great books and it had a section on books that are not traditionally thought of as great books and mentioned this book as the start of mysteries moving from the more formulaic to more character based. I can see that because Dalgliesh feels a good bit like Gamache. But I also think that the lecture was probably taking into account the rest of the series not just this first book. I have been warned that the series takes a few books to really catch hold. So I will pick up some more. I have the first six on Kindle, but I listened to most of this on audiobook from the library. I will probably continue to do that.

My only slightly longer review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/cover-her-face/