A Taste for Death (P.D. James novel)
- A Taste for Death (P.D. James novel)
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name = A Taste for Death
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author = P. D. James
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Adam Dalgliesh #7
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Faber and Faber
release_date = June 9 1986
media_type = Print (Hardback, Paperback)
pages = 454 pp (hardback first edition)
isbn = ISBN 0571137997
preceded_by = The Skull Beneath the Skin
followed_by = Devices and Desires:"Not to be confused with A Taste for Death (Modesty Blaise)"
"A Taste for Death" is a crime novel by British writer P. D. James, seventh in the popular Commander Adam Dalgliesh series. The novel won the Silver Dagger in 1986, losing out on the Gold to Ruth Rendell's "Live Flesh". It has also been adapted for television.
Plot summary
In the dingy vestry of St. Matthew's Church, Paddington, two bodies have been found with their throats slashed. One is an alcoholic vagrant, whereas the other is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown. Poet and Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates one of the most convoluted cases of his career...
Reviews
"A cunningly compulsive work... heart-pounding suspense" - Sunday Times
"Lady James, a novelist of broad gifts and great skill, here is writing in full mastery of her craft" - The New York Times Book Review
"Here is still, thank goodness, the world of the classic detective tale" - Malcolm Bradbury
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