| A Taste for Death Contributor(s): James, P. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400096472 ISBN-13: 9781400096473 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? 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 full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . . "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.3" W x 7.98" (0.79 lbs) 480 pages |
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| Publisher Description: When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? 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 full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . . |