30 October 2009

#21. A Mind To Murder by P. D. James

Title:

A Mind to Murder

Author:

P. D. James

Genre:

Murder/Crime Fiction/Police Procedural

Synopsis:

An unpopular nurse at a psychiatrist’s clinic is murdered in a thoroughly unexplainable fashion. Though surrounded by mental patients and disgruntled co-workers in a secure environment a culprit is no easier to find than an explanation.

Verdict:

P. D. James books always feel a bit cold and formal but this one felt particularly clumsy and old-fashioned as it was written in the 1960s/1970s by an upper-class author who made plenty of references to girls completing typing courses and getting jobs in order to pass the time until they met a nice gent. Mostly I read P. D. James for the descriptions of clothes and food, odd I know.

Pages:

225

Read:

October 2009

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