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A Taste for DeathA Taste for Death

A Taste for Death1991

P. D. James

4.2(5)on Hardcover

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When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . .

Details

First published
1991
OL Work ID
OL510879W

Subjects

New York Times reviewedAdam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character)FictionCabinet officersCrimes againstTrampsPoliceMysteryMurder MysteryDetective and mystery storiesMystery fictionLarge type booksDalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fictionEngland, fictionFiction, mystery & detective, traditionalSuspenseMystery & DetectivePolice Procedural

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