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Death in Holy Orders

Death in Holy Orders

by P. D. James (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

    $3.23

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    Paperback 2003

    $14.10

  • Used

    Hardcover 2001

    $11.75
Synopsis

With Death in Holy Orders, P. D. James makes a triumphant return to the genre for which she is best known - the classic English detective story. The story is set in an Anglican theological college on a desolate stretch of the East Anglian coast. When the body of one of the students is found on the shore, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should reexamine the verdict of accidental death. Dalgliesh has visited St Anselm's in his boyhood and, as he is due for a holiday, agrees to pay a visit. As the weekend brings another murder, Dalgliesh soon finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career...Death in Holy Orders is vintage P. D. James with sensitive evocation of place, a complex and credible mystery, respect for forensic detail and the tension a plot that never flags.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Mar 2001
ISBN 10: 0571207529
ISBN 13: 9780571207527
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Literary Prize 2002.

Media Reviews
'P.D. James is one of the national treasures of British fiction...Each new book gives pleasure.' Malcolm Bradbury, Mail on Sunday
Author Bio
P.D. James served in the forensic and criminal justice departments of the Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her many detective novels include Cover Her Face, An Unsuitable job for a Woman, Death of an Expert Witness, A Taste for Death, Original Sin and A Certain Justice, many of which have been adapted for television. She lives in London W11.