Cover Her Face
Author: P.D. James
Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers and seemed ideal to help Mrs Maxie run a house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally was very different from the docile, repentant character she seemed to be. When a murder occurs, Chief Inspector Dalgliesh arrives…..Read More
10 Books Similar to Cover Her Face
The Black Tower
Vidocq. The name strikes terror in the Parisian underworld of 1818. As founder and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, Vidocq has used his mastery of disguise and… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Kings And Rulers
Unnatural Causes
AN ADAM DALGLIESH MYSTERYSuperintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk… Continue Reading Posted in: Private Investigator Mysteries, Traditional Detective Mysteries
Make Death Love Me
The manager of a tiny branch of the Anglican-Victoria bank, Alan Groombridge, is doomed to a life of domestic boredom and tedious routine, husband to a woman he doesn’t like,… Continue Reading Posted in: England London, English Fiction, Murder, Murder Thrillers
A Taste For Death
In one of the most convoluted and difficult investigations of his career Inspector Dalgliesh and his assistant are called upon to investigate a crime that involves Sir Paul Berowne, a… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, England, Fiction In English 1945 Texts, Murder, Traditional Detective Mysteries
Devices And Desires
When Commander Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the… Continue Reading Posted in: Adam (Fictitious Character), Dalgliesh, Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery Fiction, Serial Killers, Traditional Detective Mysteries
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
No one who read Elif Batuman’s first article (in the journal n+1) will ever forget it. “Babel in California” told the true story of various human destinies intersecting at Stanford… Continue Reading Posted in: Appreciation, Bibliography, Books & Reading Literary Criticism, Russian & Former Soviet Union Literary Criticism
A Certain Justice
A brilliant barrister's defense of a charming sociopath goes horribly wrong when the sociopath engages himself to her daughter, and the barrister herself is found dead in her chambers --… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Fictional Works, Women Lawyers
The Private Patient
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate a murder at a private nursing home for rich patients being treated by the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell.… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Murder Investigation, Private Investigator Mysteries, Serial Killers
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.