A TASTE FOR DEATH
by JAMES, P. D
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039455583X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394555836
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Synopsis
An Adam Dalgliesh MysteryTwo men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, thier 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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- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ® (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002210
- Title
- A TASTE FOR DEATH
- Author
- JAMES, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039455583X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394555836
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- SCENE OF THE CRIME
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTHOR J~K~L; SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED;
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