A review by bluestarfish
Innocent Blood by P.D. James

4.0

Innocent Blood deals a lot with the aftermath of a particularly horrible event in a way that brings in the ongoing effect of crime in peoples' lives, questions on upbringing of hereditary vs nurture, willful ignorance & innocence, forgiveness... The truly innocent person, in some ways, is the most pitiable and perceived to be the most boring; so most of the characters are not very nice. (Which is a rather interesting choice in a story.) Some descriptive passages dragged on a bit but there was plenty that was both gripping and thought-provoking. Is there any chance of forgiveness for the lowest of the low on the criminal hierarchy? Difficult question.