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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (1 April 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0571253350
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571253357
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long wind-swept walks, tea in front of the crackling wood fire and hot buttered toast, Dalgliesh was relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a drifting dinghy to drag Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.

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P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Mystery Followed by an Unsatisfying End, 25 Mar 2006
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unnatural Causes (Paperback)
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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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars After reading many "who-dunnits" this one kept me guessing!, 28 April 2001
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic setting, 22 Sep 2008
By Katja Beck (Hollywood, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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A very pleasant mystery book to read. I quite enjoyed it. The plot is fairly straight forward and the ending is maybe a little unbelievable, but the setting of the story makes up for it. Some might say that the locale of the story is cliche of british mystery novels, but I loved the rough country setting, which comes to life through the author's vivid and detailed descriptions. A great book to read on a stormy day, sitting in a comfortable chair with a hot cup of tea at hand.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Pretentious balderdash
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. Read more
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