Cover Her Face - (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by P D James (Paperback)

About the Book

"Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill"--Amazon.com.

Book Synopsis

The first in the series of scintillating mysteries to feature cunning Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh from P.D. James, the bestselling author hailed by People magazine as "the greatest living mystery writer." Dalgliesh is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel--now in its third season!

Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. Now she lies across her bed with dark bruises from a strangler's fingers forever marring her lily-white throat. Someone has decided that the wages of sin should be death...and it is up to Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find who that someone is.

Cover Her Face is P.D. James' delightful debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense.

Review Quotes

"A classic story of English rural murder."-- "The Times (UK)"

"One of the finest, most absorbing craftsmen of the profession."-- "The Washington Post"

"One of the most chilling crime writers around."-- "Observer"

"The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime."-- "The Sunday Times (London)"