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Taste for Death
- Author
- P. D. James
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 20 November 2014
- Run Time
- 16 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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'[P.D James had] huge humanity and she really took on social issues. Had she been alive today she'd have been a huge commentator in the culture wars debate.'
Bertie Carvel, on playing Dalgliesh
An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, their throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.
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'P. D. James is a remarkable writer.' Ruth Rendell
'One of our greatest living crime writers.'
Daily Express
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Details
- Author
- P. D. James
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Duration
- 16 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 November 2014
- ISBN
- 9780571319480
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
'[P.D James had] huge humanity and she really took on social issues. Had she been alive today she'd have been a huge commentator in the culture wars debate.' Bertie Carvel, on playing Dalgliesh An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, their throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets. . 'P. D. James is a remarkable writer.' Ruth Rendell 'One of our greatest living crime writers.' Daily Express
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