A TASTE FOR DEATH
by P. D. James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0886191424
- ISBN 13
- 9780886191429
- Seller
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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
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87207
- Title
- A TASTE FOR DEATH
- Author
- P. D. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0886191424
- ISBN 13
- 9780886191429
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Literature
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