 First edition cover | |
| Author | P. D. James |
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| Cover artist | Charles Mozley |
| Language | English |
| Series | Adam Dalgliesh No. 1 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | December 1962 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Followed by | A Mind to Murder |
Cover Her Face is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James.[1] 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. The title is taken from a passage from John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi: "Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle; she died young," which is quoted by one of the characters in the novel.