Cover Her Face
by P. D. James
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimeintricateenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshipsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA small-scale mystery, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
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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- Author
- P. D. James
- Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 254
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- Open Library
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