Cover Her Face (Paperback)

P. D. James (author)

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Paperback 288 Pages / Published: 06/06/2019

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St Cedd's Church fete has been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, Sally Jupp. On the following morning the village are shocked by the discover of Sally's body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief-Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life.

Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571350773
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 232 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Edition: Main

P. D. James

P.D. James, who passed in 2014, was instrumental in bringing a contemporary, literary edge to British crime writing. With twisting plots to match the probing intelligence of her key protagonist Adam Dalgliesh, from 1962’s Cover Her Face onward James challenged and exceeded the genre. 1972’s An Unsuitable Job for a Woman took James into the murky realms of the private detective and 1992’s Children of Men even saw the author journey into near-future science fiction with assured results.

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