Cover Her Face Author:P.D. James St. Cedd's church fĂȘte had been held in the grounds of Martingale for generations. As if organizing stalls and presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent were not enough for Mrs. Maxey, later that mellow July afternoon. Her son Simon sprang the news of his engagement. By morning, Sally jump, her new parlor made, an unmarried mother an... more »d minor village scandal, was dead. Investigating murder at the Elizabethan Manor House, detective Chief inspector, Adam doglish is intrigued to find more than one fiance among the suspects. Such are the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English village Life.« less