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Baroness P. D. James (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (1 April 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571253350
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571253357
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 74,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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P. D. James is the greatest living mystery writer.

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'The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime.' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times 'P. D. James is one of the national treasures of British fiction... Each new book gives pleasure not just for macabre crimes or ingenious solutions but its density of experience.' Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday 'Unlike so many crime writers, James still has the power to move, fascinate and astonish.' Independent 'James... manages to invest even a simple mystery novel with a depth and intelligence that few in her trade can match.' The Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Unnatural Causes is early Adam Dalgleish. He's still coping with his reluctance to become emotionally intimate and uses a holiday to visit his Aunt Jane as an opportunity to think things over. Will he ask Deborah Riscoe to marry him . . . or not?

Naturally, as soon as he arrives there's a mysterious disappearance followed by all kinds of bizarre events. When the mystery turns into apparent crime, Dalgleish becomes concerned for his aunt who doesn't have an alibi. A.D. is also on the outside looking in as the local CID led by Inspector Reckless seems to resent Dalgleish's presence.

The whole circumstance is made ore bizarre by the presence of many literary types in what increasingly seems to be a literary mystery written about in a mystery. There's a fascinating story within the story element that gets the book off to a strong start.

But as Dalgleish unravels the ultimate mystery, the book also comes unraveled. You get a lengthy explanation, but the end doesn't move swimmingly along like the beginning and middle do.

Perhaps Baroness James painted herself into a corner by producing such an imaginative mystery and couldn't bear to part with it when she couldn't think up a nice ending to match.

But I still recommend the book because of the strong beginning and middle. You can skip the end after the storm if you want. You'll probably like the book better if you do.

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One of the things that I like about PD James, is the abioity to really keep you guessing. The background may seem a little dates now, but the characters are realistically complex even if plots can stretch credibility sometimes. You're a better dectective than me if you work this one out......
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Pretentious balderdash 18 July 2008
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Starts intriguingly enough, but the plot becomes ridiculously complicated and the reader simply ceases to care whodunit. The denouement, when it comes, is utterly unconvincing. No one in their right mind would plan and actually carry out a double murder of the kind described in the novel. The novel is a very early one (1965) and shorter than subsequent ones, but it is over-burdened with 'fine' writing, a failing shared by all P.D.James novels. What a bore.
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