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Innocent House by P. D. James
Feb. 11th, 2011 11:01 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
P. D. James has been writing extremely popular, highly praised crime novels for more than forty years, and Penguin is proud to publish them in paperback. Her most famous and enduring creation is the poet-detective Adam Dalgleish, and in Innocent House - taken from Original Sin - he is confronted with a suspicious death and a puzzle at a respected publishing house.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
This is purely a ‘taster’ book, consisting of the first few chapters for ORIGINAL SIN by P. D. James. As a ‘taster’ it works as it sets up an interesting mystery and brings Adam Dalgleish in to investigate it. However, I’d picked it up thinking that it was a stand-alone short story in its own right, so I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed. I’ll pick up ORIGINAL SIN at some point, but this Pocket Penguin felt like a bit of a swizz.
P. D. James has been writing extremely popular, highly praised crime novels for more than forty years, and Penguin is proud to publish them in paperback. Her most famous and enduring creation is the poet-detective Adam Dalgleish, and in Innocent House - taken from Original Sin - he is confronted with a suspicious death and a puzzle at a respected publishing house.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
This is purely a ‘taster’ book, consisting of the first few chapters for ORIGINAL SIN by P. D. James. As a ‘taster’ it works as it sets up an interesting mystery and brings Adam Dalgleish in to investigate it. However, I’d picked it up thinking that it was a stand-alone short story in its own right, so I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed. I’ll pick up ORIGINAL SIN at some point, but this Pocket Penguin felt like a bit of a swizz.
