Death In Holy Orders

Death in Holy Orders by P.D. 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
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