Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes is the title of a 1967 detective novel by P. D. James.

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1967 - Detective novel - P. D. James

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It features her detective Adam Dalgliesh, who happens to be visiting his aunt, Jane Dalgliesh, in Suffolk when the body

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of a detective novelist, Maurice Seton, is found washed ashore in his own small boat. The death is highly suspicious

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because his hands are missing, having been removed by an axe, just as Seton himself had described in a thriller he was beginning to write. However the cause of his death is mysterious; his hands were removed some time after his death.

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The primary responsibility for the investigation falls on Inspector Reckless, but Dalgliesh conducts his own low-key investigation in support.

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