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Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone – or dead.
- Phyllis Dorothy James
- 1962
Adam Dalgliesh #1. Cover Her Face. P.D. James. 3.91. 39,296 ratings1,852 reviews. Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door.
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Cover Her Face: With Roy Marsden, Phyllis Calvert, Mel Martin, Rupert Frazer. Follows Adam Dalgliesh as he investigates the death of Alice Liddell. A woman who ran a home for unwed mothers.
- (374)
- 1985-02-17
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 291
Sep 7, 2012 · From the Publisher: 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.
A classic murder mystery set in the English countryside, featuring Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh. The novel introduces the series character and explores the passions and secrets of the Martingale family and staff.
May 8, 2001 · Cover Her Face is P.D. James’ delightful debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense.
- P.D. James
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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.
