This is the book that started it all. Cover Her Face is a marvel of a debut novel, and a much celebrated entry into the British mystery scene. It is a novel that in form has all
Even so, it also has many of the characteristics of the later novel by P.D. James, such as scene descriptions in excruciating detail and an ingeniously developed plot.
The mystery is the murder of a headstrong, enigmatic and beautiful young housemaid, Sally Jupp. She is found strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. The brilliant Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is tasked with finding her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of them with good reasons to want something bad to happen to her.
Even though Cover Her Face was written a long, long time ago, in the year 1962, it is still a fine book to read. It is a pure, delightful mystery with a timeless quality. Also, it is quite interesting to meet again Adam Dalgliesh in a somewhat embryonic form – not yet quite developed as a character, but still displaying some of the qualities that over time have delighters readers from all over the world. Cover Her Face is a very satisfying mystery and a most remarkable debut for one of the world’s finest authors!
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