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Cover Her Face
First edition cover
AuthorP. D. James
Cover artistCharles Mozley
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAdam Dalgliesh No. 1
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
December 1962
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Followed byA 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.

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