Death in Holy Orders by P James

Death in Holy Orders by P James

From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight.

On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy's influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate. Enter Adam Dalgliesh, a detective who loves poetry, a man who has known loss and discovery. The son of a parson, and having spent many happy boyhood summers at the school, Dalgliesh is the perfect candidate to look for the truth in this remote, rarified community of the faithful-and the frightened. And when one death leads to another, Dalgliesh finds himself steeped in a world of good and evil, of stifled passions and hidden pasts, where someone has cause not just to commit one crime but to begin an unholy order of murder. . . .

Gracefully sculpted prose and a] superbly executed mystery . . . Death in Holy Orders is among James's] most remarkable and accomplished Dalgliesh novels.
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

An elegant work about hope, death, and the alternately redemptive and destructive nature of love.
-The Miami Herald

Absorbing . . . James's] plotting and characterization are] impeccable.
-Orlando Sentinel

P. D. James is in top form.
-The Boston Globe

Open the exclusive dossier at the back of this book, featuring P. D. James' essay on penning the perfect detective novel.

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ISBN 13	9780676973907
ISBN 10	0676973906
Titel	Death in Holy Orders
Autor	P James
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Knopf Canada
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-04-03
Seitenanzahl	400
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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