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Summary: Entertaining but not exceptional English mystery
Review: Cordelia Gray is hired to bodyguard a bad tempered actress who has been receiving death threats. They travel to an island off the southern coast. The notes continue. Of the group on the island, almost all have some reason to hate the actress or want her money.This is a pretty classic closed room mystery in the Agatha Christie mold. Cordelia is a fairly engaging slueth. As best I can tell, this is the end of the Cordelia Gray series. Too bad. The audio cassette performance is in the tradition of old time radio with multiple voices and sound effects. It's a bit confusing to keep track of who's who but not too confusing. I recommend trying to listen in one sitting, if you can.
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Summary: Cordelia Gray does her thing!
Review: I have listened to this dramatization several times since purchasing it in 1990 and have enjoyed this atomsopheric suspense mystery immensely. P.D. James ability to give all her characters faults, insecurities, and occasional selfishness once again serves her well in this mystery. The characters are as developed as possible in the space of a 3 hour radio play. The atmosphere created on the island is just incredible, spooky, and just what you would expect in that setting. The character of Cordelia Gray is very well developed over the course of this story and her other adventure, "An Unsuitable Job For a Woman." I consider these two stories to be my favorite P.D. James mysteries. I strongly recommend these to all P.D. Jmaes fans as cracking good yarns and very entertaining.
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