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Who Does a Dysfunctional Family Better Than the Brits?

Cover Her Face by P. D. James

April 11, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

The thing I enjoy about P. D. James’ Detective Chief Adam Dalgliesh is that he puts together a fine team.  The crimes are meaty and complex, and half the fun is Dalgleish and his posse holding team meetings to review the bits and pieces everyone has uncovered during the day and steadily working their way to the solution.  Whereupon the group of suspects is convened (and there is always a pool of such to choose from) and Dalgleish lays down the verdict whilst the rest […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Church Fetes, Dysfunctional Family Like Whoa, First of Series, P.D. James, Traditional British Mystery

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Church Fetes, Dysfunctional Family Like Whoa, First of Series, P.D. James, Traditional British Mystery ·
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