He could imagine her frown of well-bred distaste that he should embarrass her at such a time with a private grief at once so old, so intimate, so unrelated to the matter at hand. although, of course, if I remember anything of the Dalgleish stories I read, she tended to adopt the closed-community scenario where people were sort of stranded in time. Until the evening when he announces to the employer that from now on he will live in her house in the position of not a servant, but a daughter-in-law. This first disappointment will not stop me with continuing the series and I'm more hopeful of the rest. In this 1962 story you can see the tradition that goes back to the Golden Age of the detective story in the 1930s.

Making a story interesting to read should be something that an author strives for surely, not simply offering repetition after repetition? Some of the family members get a glimpse here and there of Sally's true nature (she seems sly and also full of malice towards Mrs. On the opposite, I liked it that the plot was not centred on the brilliant detective and his investigation. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011).

The treatment of the victim's status as a single mum will remind all of us that we are extemely fortunate to be living now, not five decades ago. She had pretended to be unmarried because revealing her marriage would have jeopardised her husband's job and she liked to 'play with people'. When one of the main characters is removed, I would argue the show isn't made better by their demise, that individual adds a lot to the story. D. James also made a great contribution to public life as a civil servant, a BBC Governor and as a peer of the realm.

some minor shelf wear, minor wear to edges, minor creasing, otherwise a very good tight and clean copy.I also like the wrap up of all the main characters in the end, as well as that at least one of them is seen again in future novels (no spoilers here! Sharp copy of the author's first novel, and the first to feature her recurring character detective Adam Dalgliesh.

Dalgliesh conducts his investigation in great detail, somewhat like peeling back the layers of an onion, until I nodded off. This is actually James’ debut mystery, so I’m willing to forgive the more clunky aspects of the book in light of that. Later, when Dalgiesh questions the character, we learn there had been figurines on a windowsill which are now broken. The town hall, which looked as if it had been designed by a committee of morons in an excess of alcohol and civic pride, stood in isolated splendor bounded by two bombed sites where rebuilding had only just begun.

Murder shattered the tranquillity of her new home and Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrived in the peace of a country Sunday to solve a case as mysterious as Sally herself. All the clichés are there: the stately home, the nerve-ridden war hero, the lower classes kowtowing to the upper, the vicar a sort of go-between in terms of social status. Cover her face is a satisfying mystery, it possesses a great deal of intrigue, boasts a very good cast, and provides an interesting snapshot of life at the time, thoughts and attitudes. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.