Cover Her Face

By: P. D. James

Narrated by: Daniel Weyman

St Cedd's Church fête has been held in the grounds of Martingale manor house for generations. As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, Sally Jupp. On the following morning the village are shocked by the discover of Sally's body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief-Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village life.©2015 Faber & Faber (P)2015 Faber & Faber

Critic reviews

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

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

"There are very few thriller writers who can compete with P.D. James at her best." ( Spectator)

An early PD James story

A good story, well written , as only PD James wrote.
A succession of well defined & interesting characters in the Maxie family & their associates. The story was made more interesting in that the heroine Sally Jupp was unlikeable & the reader was not drawn to be sympathetic towards her.
As always there were red herrings & blind alleys to lead the reader astray in their deductions & hold the attention until the final denouement .

Well written and narrated

The victim is a rather unlikable character and evokes no pity. As do most of the characters except the actual murderer. But the writing and narration were excellent. PD james is an absolute legend