6/29/2023 0 Comments Innocent blood by pd james![]() We are familiar with Kate Miskin’s struggle – she was brought up by her maternal grandmother after her mother died at childbirth and was unfortunate enough not to know about her father. ![]() James seems to be intrigued by illegitimacy and adoption / foster parenting as a theme. ![]() Finally she produces a nice twist in the tale towards the end. James adds a further twist by letting a counterplot appear where yet another murder is being planned. The story seems terrible enough when she discovers the unsavoury background of her parents and in particular that her mother is a murderess who has served out 10 years of life sentence and is at the verge of being released. So we join Philippa Palfrey, a young upper class girl who was adopted, in search of her roots. In fact it is a departure from her series of ‘whodunits’ but at a psychological level it is still a thriller and the final dénouement is crisp and taut. It is a classic crime novel yet again though there is no Adam Dalgliesh on the scene. ![]()
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