Maybe it was just my impatience, but the last 100 pages went round in circles a bit. It has rather a different feel with the speculating and theorizing being done not just by the police, but by the other characters themselves – and in a way that you are left guessing if they they are the perpetrators, or they know who did it, or if they are just joining in the speculation. This story has just the right amount of character development, description and clues to make it an easy interesting read for all crime fiction lovers. Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh has the seemingly difficult task of getting to the bottom of this mystery. When she is found murdered in her room one morning, the entire household is under suspicion, many of them having motive to have done it. Secretive and manipulative, she is ready to do anything to climb the social ladder. An unmarried mother, she is also the subject of a lot of speculation in the village. Sally Jupp is a sly, attractive young woman who seems to be a mass of contradictions. James is called the “Queen of Crime.” Her effortless story telling and steady pace of adding of layers and information makes this first Adam Dalgliesh novel a pithy read. Review Quotes The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime.- The Sunday Times (London) A classic story of English rural murder.- The Times (UK) One of the finest, most absorbing craftsmen of the profession.- The Washington Post One of the most chilling crime writers around.After reading this book, I understand why P.D. James delightful debut novel, an ingeniously plotted mystery that immediately placed her among the masters of suspense. Someone has decided that the wages of sin should be death.and it is up to Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find who that someone is.
Now she lies across her bed with dark bruises from a stranglers fingers forever marring her lily-white throat. Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. James, the bestselling author hailed by People magazine as the greatest living mystery writer. Book Synopsis The first in the series of scintillating mysteries to feature cunning Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh from P.D. About the Book Frequently reprinted with this same ISBN but with slightly differing bibliographical details.
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