Book Log 2019 #21: Cover Her Face by P.D. James

A summer church fete and the personal intrigues of the family whose manor hosts the event combine when, on the day after the fete, the fiancée of the family's son turns up dead. With the locals a bit overwhelmed at investigating a murder, they call in Adam Dalgliesh, who uses his powers of detection to solve the case.

This is the introductory novel for Dalgliesh, and to be honest it's a little underwhelming. I didn't feel like he did that much detecting, but waited until the pressure on the family caused enough of the truth to come out that he just needed to finish the job. It's not a bad book per se, it was just a little surprising when compared to someone like Morse, who seems much more involved in his cases.