Pros: Great writing, good mystery, good story. Cons: Mystery lovers will find it easy to figure whodunit.
The Skull Beneath the Skin was my first literary introduction to author P.D. James. I read this mystery novel back in the Eighties when I was a teenager and was hooked. After a recent string of disappointments with more recent, American...
Pros: Atmospheric, absorbing. Cons: A bit dated, maybe? Not much of a con.
James brings back the charming Cordelia Gray (heroine of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) to solve the mystery of who is sending threatening notes to a well-known stage actress. Set on a private island that is moody and mysterious all on its own, the...
Pros: A very well written, absorbing mystery novel Cons: Premise of story is not very original, and plot is somewhat farfetched.
In The Skull Beneath the Skin, a mystery novel from 1982 re-issued in paperback by Warner Books in 1996, P. D. James writes once again about private detective Cordelia Gray, who had previously investigated a murder in An Unsuitable Job...
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