Cover Her Face

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Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone – or dead.

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Languages: English

Starring Cast: Roy Marsden, Phyllis Calvert, Mel Martin, Rupert Frazer, John Vine, Jean Heywood

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Roy Marsden

Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh

Phyllis Calvert

Eleanor Maxie

Mel Martin

Deborah Riscoe

Rupert Frazer

Stephen Maxie

John Vine

Inspector John Massingham

Jean Heywood

Martha

Norman Wooland

Simon Maxie

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