A Taste for Death |
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Author:
| James, P. D. |
Series title: | Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4000-2510-7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
Publisher: | Knopf Canada
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Imprint: | Seal Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Two men lie dead in the vestry of a London church, their throats cut with brutal precision. One is Sir Paul Berowne, rich, cultivated and elegant; the other is an alcoholic vagrant. Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Adam 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 death...
Two men lie dead in the vestry of a London church, their throats cut with brutal precision. One is Sir Paul Berowne, rich, cultivated and elegant; the other is an alcoholic vagrant. Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Adam 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 death...