5/10/2023 0 Comments Adam dalgliesh cover her faceAfter the local fete though, Sally announces that Stephen Maxie has proposed to her. Maxie’s daughter Deborah and seems to be flirting or something else with her son, Stephen). Some of the family members get a glimpse here and there of Sally’s true nature (she seems sly and also full of malice towards Mrs. The matriarch of the family hires a young unmarried single mother named Sally Jupp to help with Mrs. The book starts off though following the Maxie family, their friends, and servants. “Cover Her Face” is the first book introducing Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. We have some prejudices here that leak out when anyone discusses the murder victim. You get to see an England that is still unsure of what direction it will go. I do like books that take place after World War II. It reminds me of some of Agatha Christie works, especially with a main character (Adam Dalgliesh) rounding up all of the suspects and explaining everything and revealing the murderer. James does a great job with all of the characters that are introduced, but the book starts off very slowly. So I put it away and forget about reading this series until now. I ended up reading a short story starring this character last year or the year before for Festive Tasks and then I ended up trying to start a stand alone with him and didn’t realize it wasn’t the first book. Well this series definitely intrigues me.
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