| Death in Holy Orders: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Contributor(s): James, P. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812977238 ISBN-13: 9780812977233 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight. On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy's influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate. Enter Adam Dalgliesh, a detective who loves poetry, a man who has known loss and discovery. The son of a parson, and having spent many happy boyhood summers at the school, Dalgliesh is the perfect candidate to look for the truth in this remote, rarified community of the faithful- and the frightened. And when one death leads to another, Dalgliesh finds himself steeped in a world of good and evil, of stifled passions and hidden pasts, where someone has cause not just to commit one crime but to begin an unholy order of murder. . . . " Gracefully sculpted prose and [a] superbly executed mystery . . . Death in Holy Orders is among [James' s] most remarkable and accomplished Dalgliesh novels." - "The Philadelphia Inquirer" " An elegant work about hope, death, and the alternately redemptive and destructive nature of love." - "The Miami Herald" " Absorbing . . . [James' s] plotting and characterization [are] impeccable." - "Orlando Sentinel" " P. D. James is in top form." - "The Boston Globe" Open the exclusive dossier at the back of this book, featuring P. D. James' essay on penning the perfect detective novel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Thrillers - Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.32" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight. On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy's influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate. Enter Adam Dalgliesh, a detective who loves poetry, a man who has known loss and discovery. The son of a parson, and having spent many happy boyhood summers at the school, Dalgliesh is the perfect candidate to look for the truth in this remote, rarified community of the faithful-and the frightened. And when one death leads to another, Dalgliesh finds himself steeped in a world of good and evil, of stifled passions and hidden pasts, where someone has cause not just to commit one crime but to begin an unholy order of murder. . . . Praise for Death in Holy Orders "Gracefully sculpted prose and a] superbly executed mystery . . . Death in Holy Orders is among James's] most remarkable and accomplished Dalgliesh novels."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "An elegant work about hope, death, and the alternately redemptive and destructive nature of love."--The Miami Herald "Absorbing . . . James's] plotting and characterization are] impeccable."--Orlando Sentinel "P. D. James is in top form."--The Boston Globe Open the exclusive dossier at the back of this book, featuring P. D. James' essay on penning the perfect detective novel. |