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by P D James (Author)
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Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long wind-swept walks, tea in front of the crackling wood fire and hot buttered toast, Dalgliesh was relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a drifting dinghy to drag Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.

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The peaceful village of Monksmere on the Suffolk coast was Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh's retreat from the daily brutality he had to deal with at Scotland Yard. Then the mutilated body of crime writer Maurice Seton is discovered. Although the post mortem shows that Seton died from natural causes, Dalgliesh has a different view. 6 cassettes.
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3.0 out of 5 stars NOT ONE OF HER BEST, Nov 20 2001
By MOVIE MAVEN (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
To my mind, any book of P.D. James is worth reading, but UNNATURAL CAUSES is simply not one of her best. Yes, the plot is fascinating, if a bit dependent on twists and turns that mean very little, indeed, to the solution of the murders.

Most interesting, as usual with James, is her development of complex characters. Unfortunately, as another reviewer pointed out, almost every one of these characters is, at best, unpleasant and since they are all writers or are connected with professional writers in some way, it seems James has a bit of a chip on her shoulder about her colleagues.

The last 20 pages contain a transcription of a taped confession which ties up all the loose plot knots, but does not, at all, let us in on the effects this confession has on any of the characters except for James' detective, Adam Dalgliesh. This is truly disappointing, especially for a writer who so carefully peoples her novels.

A small note: I do not consider myself a prude and perhaps it is mere political correctness on my part, but I found James' characters' negative comments about homosexuals and one physically challenged character to be in poor taste.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dagliesh "vacations" in Suffolk in a writers colony, May 29 2001
By Carol Peterson Hennekens (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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In this, the fourth Dagliesh book, Adam goes to Suffolk to take a little R&R with his eccentric aunt Jane. Jane lives in a remote coastal area where here neighbors include a couple of "pulp" fiction writers, a critic and some other unusual folks. Of course, a corpse turns up.

The first two-thirds of the book are solid, if unexceptional. It's interesting to watch Dagliesh walk the tightrope of investigating a death that isn't his job - and for once to have the official police investigators portrayed as reasonably competent folks. And while other reviews were let down by the ending, I found the final third to be page turning stuff. (Of course, being in the middle of a major thunder storm helped :)) I found the plotting to be nicely complex and the solution to be that nice mix - a surprise but one that made sense when all of the reasons were laid on the table.

For new readers this book has fewer references to Dagliesh's friends and on-going life than some of the others. I.e. - you won't be frustrated landing in the middle of ongoing plots, but you also aren't getting a full picture of his life that evolves with the reading of the series in order.

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