A Taste For Death Paperback by P. D. James

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2011-06-28)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 624 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780676971880
• Item Weight: 399.74 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.01 cm

In this "treat for mystery lovers” (USA Today), the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, and Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum. Dalgliesh is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel—now in its third season!

Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew’s Church, Paddington. Their throats have been brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a recently-resigned government minister; the other is a homeless man known only as a local alcoholic.

Their deaths will be the first case for Commander Dalgliesh’s new team, who have been tasked with investigating crimes of particular sensitivity. But as the Berowne family’s veneer of prosperous gentility begins to crack and Dalgliesh uncovers more about the dead men, he struggles to keep his customary objectivity.

Can he get to the bottom of the ugly and dangerous secrets swirling this case in time to prevent yet another death?

“A first-rate detective novel, but it goes beyond that fine achievement to another realm. . . . An intricate, compassionate novel.” —The Boston Globe

About the Author

P. D. JAMES (1920-2014) published nineteen novels, two works of non-fiction, a memoir, and many distinguished essays. Most of her novels have been broadcast on television, and The Children of Men was the basis for an award-winning film. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. Her commitment to public service included serving as a Governor of the BBC, on the Board of the British Council, and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She was an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, and was elected President of the Society of Authors. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991 as Baroness James of Holland Park.