Cover Her Face - Faber

Autor: James, Phillys Dorothy

Editorial: Faber & Faber

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ISBN13: 9780571228560

Reseña:  From P.D. James one of the masters of British crime fiction comes the debut novel that introduced Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh. Set in the peaceful English countryside Cover Her Face is a classic murder mystery. St Cedds Church fete 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 Eleanor Maxie on that mellow July afternoon she also has to contend with the news of her sons sudden engagement to the new parlour maid Sally Jupp. On the following morning Martingale and the village are shocked by the discovery of Sallys body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English country life. In Cover Her Face award-winning P.D. James (author of Death Comes to Pemberley The Murder Room and Children of Men) plots a complex story of family secrets and suspicion. Meet the dark and brooding Dalgliesh - a gentleman a poet and a gifted detective-and read the novel that launched P.D. Jamess career as the worlds pre-eminent crime writer.