Name: Death in holy orders
ISBN: 0375431179

P. D. James

Death in holy orders

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of coast in East Anglia, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to pay a visit to the young man's theological college, St Anselm's, a place he knew as a boy, expecting no more than a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence. Instead he finds himself embroiled in intrigue, secrets and mystery as the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder . . . Award-winning P.D. James (author of Death Comes to Pemberley and Children of Men) masterfully explores an isolated and beleaguered community coping with the evil and disruption of murder. In 2003, this novel was adapted for BBC television and starred Martin Shaw, Hugh Fraser and Robert Hardy. Set on the wild coast of East Anglia, this number one bestseller is the fourteenth Adam Dalgliesh novel and a thrilling work of crime fiction possessing all of the qualities which distinguish P. D. James as a novelist.

Death in Holy Orders

Melody Izard

My first P.D. James. And if I live long enough to read all the stuff I want to read - I'll certainly take off down her long list of books. Such a cerebral, dark, multi-cornered writer. 

This is evidently one of a series involving detective Adam Dalgliesh who has spent some time at this religious school during his childhood. He revels a bit to us. He also brushes against a romance. All while figuring out a complicated murder involving sex, greed and religion. Such a nifty combination.

Death in holy orders

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