Journal Entry 1 by Bhuri from Boston, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, May 10, 2011

This work of P.D. James is often compared to Agatha Christie's "And then there were None" - the distelled essence of a whodunit. I could not get to read it, and am passing it on. 

Journal Entry 2 by Bhuri at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (5/10/2011 UTC) at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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To be released at the Boston Bookcrossing May'11 Meetup, at the Algiers in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, on the 10th of May, 2011, at 7.00 p.m. 

Journal Entry 3 by KatrinR at Watertown, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 06, 2011

picked up book at may 2011 bookcrossing meetup 

Journal Entry 4 by KatrinR at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 13, 2011

to be released at september 13, 2011 boston bookcrossing meetup at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA 

Journal Entry 5 by freezone at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Looking forward to reading it: P.D. James is a terrific writer! 

Journal Entry 6 by freezone at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Like all P.D. James' books, this was a propulsive read and involving, as you try to figure out what happened and who the criminal is. The personal issues for the detectives felt a little pro forma, and didn't tell us as much about them as people than I would have liked. Still, it was a terrific detective novel.

Good point, Bhuri - this is unusual for P.D. James, in that it takes place in a closed system, with the complexities of a diverse group, and we break into their privacy only briefly. Each book by James seems to meditate on privacy and how crime destroys it. (Like writing, as explicitly addressed in this story.) 

Journal Entry 7 by freezone at Boston, Massachusetts USA on Monday, January 30, 2012

Released 4 mos ago (1/28/2012 UTC) at Boston, Massachusetts USA

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Given to a friend: she says she's too lazy to go onto the Bookcrossing website after she reads it, so we'll see when it shows up next!!