It’s so much fun to go back to these old PD James. This one, published in 1989, has smoke-filled pubs and people only able to contact each other via a landline. And always, always lots of good old fashioned murder.
Thriller
The Murder Room by PD James
Any PD James is a good PD James, especially when the protagonist is poet/detective Adam Dalgiesh, the thinking women’s crumpet.
A Certain Justice by PD James
This one is quite delicious, with Commander Adam Dalgiesh attempting to discover who was most capable of killing a distinguished QC, from a wide list of suspects. There’s no such thing as a bad PD James.
The Lighthouse by PD James
This is one of my favourite PD James. You just can’t beat a body hanging from a lighthouse and another in a freezer on a secluded island as a premise for intrigue. And of course Adam Dalgliesh.
A Taste For Death by PD James
Any PD James is a good PD James, especially when the protagonist is poet/detective Adam Dalgiesh, the thinking women’s crumpet.
The Good Parents by Joan London
London can make poetry out the simplest things: “They say very still as darkness filled the room.” It’s such a pleasure to read her prose that it hardly matters what the story is about. The Good Parents does, however, contain a compelling mystery: the disappearance of eighteen year old country girl Maya, whose parents find her gone when […]
Three Little Lies by Laura Marshall
I didn’t like Marshall’s previous thriller Friend Request much, and I don’t like this one much either. The characters are caricatures and the plot twists not stunning enough to make it worth your while. If you want to read a good thriller, put this one back on your shelf and check out my list of Top […]
The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan
While not as good as Macmillan’s What She Knew, this one is still a good read. Macmillan is awesome at intertwining personalities and perspectives and her characters always feel real. The Perfect Girl tells the story of Maisey, a 17 year old pianist still recovering from the guilt of having killed three young people in a car crash […]