Piyangie's Reviews > Cover Her Face

Cover Her Face is the first murder-mystery in the Dalgleish series and my first reading of the series. At present, I'm having mixed feelings about the book. Not quite sure if I enjoyed it really. The story was pretty straight for me and I guessed the murderer quite early. There were some twists and turns in the plot, but not strong enough to cast doubt on my conclusion. That was not a problem of course. The knowledge of the criminal never hinders my enjoyment of the story if it progressed well. And that was my issue - the way the story progressed. There wasn't enough suspension or intrigue to engage me with the story. Something was lacking - I think it is the excitement, and I couldn't connect with it entirely as I would have liked.

I liked Adam Dalgleish, however. He was sort of the modern detective I would like - clever, cool, patient, detached in his work, but underneath humane. He struck me quite a contrast with the two fictional detectives I'm acquainted with - Holmes and Poirot - both were rather eccentric, self-important, and proud. Although I loved them both, they are more fantastical to me than Dalgliesh, who was more human, more real.

This first disappointment will not stop me with continuing the series and I'm more hopeful of the rest. After all, we have to give a concession for a debut.