So who killed Maurice Seaton; will Adam Dalgiesh get his man (or woman) and will I, the humble reader, get there before him? Well of course Dalgiesh gets his man (or woman), and I was not so much a couple of paces behind him, as several streets away! I've never read a P.D. James before, but I could clearly tell the moment when Dalgiesh had figured it all out, and the author kindly recapitulated the facts for the slower readers who've not twigged yet. It was a humbling moment since I had no idea. Finally after much head scratching and rereading I did get reasonably close. Still, it was a good thing that our hero Adam was there to tie up the loose ends.
Faber and Faber, 226 pages
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