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A Taste for Death is a 1986 crime novel by the British writer P. D. James, the 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.
- Phyllis Dorothy James
- 1986
1. Jan. 2001 · Dalgliesh, James’s master detective who rises from chief inspector in the first novel to chief superintendent and then to commander, is a serious, introspective person, moralistic yet realistic. The novels in which he appears are peopled by fully rounded characters, who are civilized, genteel, and motivated.
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The title A Taste for Death suggests a murderer whose appetite for power increases with each murderous act. It refers more particularly to Sir Paul Berowne, the murdered Tory minister who,...
In A Taste for Death, P. D. James explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder, with authority and sensitivity.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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.
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A Taste for Death, James's tenth novel, is her longest and most ambitious. Her large and varied cast of characters ranges in social class from poor waif to minister of the Crown....
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...
