Cover Her Face

Cover Her Face

1985 · 1 season · 6 eps · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Mystery, Drama

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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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