Cover Her Face Audiobook

" I love PD James books - have read 'em all and loved 'em all. I wanted to listen to all of them but won't after listening to this first one. The reader's lilting, annoying voice and read turn a great mystery into a banal snoozefest. She makes little or no attempt to act, speaks in the same silly tone and accent for all the characters and deminishes the material one hundred percent. Unfortunately she is the reader for all James' books on audio store.com so I will have to look elsewhere for the rest. So disappointing. "

" I love PD James books - have read 'em all and loved 'em all. I wanted to listen to all of them but won't after listening to this first one. The reader's lilting, annoying voice and read turn a great mystery into a banal snoozefest. She makes little or no attempt to act, speaks in the same silly tone and accent for all the characters and deminishes the material one hundred percent. Unfortunately she is the reader for all James' books on audio store.com so I will have to look elsewhere for the rest. So disappointing. "

" I love PD James books - have read 'em all and loved 'em all. I wanted to listen to all of them but won't after listening to this first one. The reader's lilting, annoying voice and read turn a great mystery into a banal snoozefest. She makes little or no attempt to act, speaks in the same silly tone and accent for all the characters and deminishes the material one hundred percent. Unfortunately she is the reader for all James' books on audio store.com so I will have to look elsewhere for the rest. So disappointing. "

" It's a wonderful book by master of crime fiction P D James (my favourite mystery writer) so worth a listen at any rate (the book itself gets the two star rating- although if it were just the book I would give it a five out of five). The audiobook made the material boring. All the characters and descriptions are read with the same voice so there is no texture to the read, no acting, and no character (all of which PD James delivers in spades in all her books). The reader's lilting voice can be a bit irritating too. I had wanted to listen to the whole James collection but since they all appear to be from the same reader and production I do not think I will. I'll have to splurge on some BBC/better versions instead. So far not impressed with this site! "

" I had read this before, but didn't realize till half-way through. It's well-written, a first-rate "locked room" murder myster, but "veddy British." I like her work and will read more of her mysteries. "

" Somehow, even though this book came out decades ago, I never read it until now. I've read other books by James, and enjoyed them. So when I saw this on the library shelves, I knew I'd better grab it. Here Dagliesh is called in to the murder of a young woman, Sally Jupp. Jupp was working as a maid in the house where she was killed. She had been recommended by the local home for unmarried mothers. She had a small child and was well-educated, but her attitude was now always one of submission. She like to challenge other people's feelings toward her. Her death appears to be by strangulation, but her cocoa had also been tampered with. As Dagliesh digs through all Jupp's personal entanglements, he finds the truth of her situation and how her actions led to her demise. A great read. "

" Fun to read about Adam Dalgleish in his first appearance, just a few years after the end of WWII. Over the 50 years he's been appearing in these books, he's only aged about 10 years. "

" Fairly enjoyable to read, but too easy to guess. "

" For genre studies "

" What an introduction to this detective and to this writer! Wonderful stuff and hard to read in bed, because it is not sleep inducing. But great way to think about solving a murder and take that into your dreams. "

" The first Dahlgliesh written in 1962. A maid has been strangled and the people of the manor are the suspects. Goes on a bit with some of the family members trying to solve the mystery, but a nice twist at the end as Dahlgliesh finds the murderer. "

" The author know how to keep you guessing all the way to the end when you discover who did the killing. Inspector Dalgliesh has the wits of a good detective always asking the right questions making the other person feel compelled to tell the truth. Great reading. "

" Cozy British mystery - easy read. Fun and now I want to read more. "

" I waited 40 years to read PD James. I wont make the same mistake again. "

" Dreadfully dated. "

" Tight, well-written, rounded characters. I could see them in my mind's eye as I was reading. Everyone was guilty until the very end! "

" P.D. James' first mystery...a classic "whodunit" with a Sherlock Holmes feel. "

" not the best adam dagl... novel, but still pretty good "

" The first Dagleish novel had a wonderful setting and well-crafted characters and class clashes. Dagleish is not as central as I might have wanted him and the mystery is a tad bit convoluted, but it still was a delight. "

" Entertaining and quite brief. It reminded me a little of Poirot - how he would gather all the suspects together and solve the mystery in a discussion. I quite enjoyed the collection of actors who read the parts. "

" I like James and it was interesting to be re-introduced to Dalgleish. "

" I was very disappointed with this book. Unlike Agatha Christie P.D. James was unable to deliver. Just a cheap mystery that started out intriguing however ended up being weak and a complete flop. "

" This is my first P. D. James. It does almost have an Agatha Christie feel about it. I'm not crazy about it, but I liked it enough to be ready to read more when I come across them. "

" I usually read a few really good detective mysteries in the summer and was late getting around to it this year! This is a good one by one of the masters, P.D. James. "

" A tidy English manor house mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. Interestingly, the limited third POV is from the perspective of the suspects and not the detective. "

" The quality of the writing was impressive, particularly for a mystery novel, and the plot was very intricate. I just wish that we got more insight into the detective's mind and personality. It was all very subtle, very British. I will definitely be reading more P.D. James. "

" Pretty good start to what becomes a very good series. "

" One of my favorite authors. I finally am now reading her first Adam D. mystery. So far, I can see why she became such a bestseller. "

" Cozy British mystery - easy read. Fun and now I want to read more. "

" Cozy British mystery - easy read. Fun and now I want to read more. "

" Not as good as her later work, but I still loved it. "

" Not as good as her later work, but I still loved it. "

" A nice, straightforward murder mystery, a good start in my mission to read all the James novels in order. "

" A nice, straightforward murder mystery, a good start in my mission to read all the James novels in order. "

" Finished last night. I found the writing to be very good. The plot left me questioning until the very end, but wasn't so far off that it didn't make sense. Good all around murder mystery. "

" Finished last night. I found the writing to be very good. The plot left me questioning until the very end, but wasn't so far off that it didn't make sense. Good all around murder mystery. "

" Why do I always forget how much I like PD James? I'm adding everything I haven't yet read to my To Read shelf. "

" Why do I always forget how much I like PD James? I'm adding everything I haven't yet read to my To Read shelf. "

" I waited 40 years to read PD James. I wont make the same mistake again. "

" I waited 40 years to read PD James. I wont make the same mistake again. "

" I've read all P D James books. This first Inspector Dalgliesh is still one of my favorites. "

" I've read all P D James books. This first Inspector Dalgliesh is still one of my favorites. "

" I think I am done with PD James. "

" I think I am done with PD James. "

" Actually, I read the Indonesian translation of this, for language practice. It was quite motivating, because I wanted to find out whodunnit, and I learned a lot of new vocabulary! "

" Actually, I read the Indonesian translation of this, for language practice. It was quite motivating, because I wanted to find out whodunnit, and I learned a lot of new vocabulary! "