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# A Taste for Death: The classic locked-room murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian) Paperback – 7 Feb. 2019

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- **What is this?** A Taste for Death: The classic locked-room murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian) Paperback – 7 Feb. 2019 by p. d. james
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PD James’ best novel
*by C***T on 15 May 2023*

The author said that this was her best novel and I agree. It’s a huge book and took me a while to read (which is a good thing, I spend a lot on books). The plot is detailed and satisfying and the characters are well drawn. I loved it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Taste for Death
*by S***Z on 10 July 2020*

I have been reading the Adam Dalgliesh books alongside one of my book groups and this is the seventh, published in 1986. I was surprised to realise there was almost a decade between the previous book, “Death of an Expert Witness,” (1977) and this one. She had written a Cordelia Gray novel, but still, it is quite a gap. “A Taste for Death,” is often considered one of her best novels and received awards, as well as being nominated for others. It does come across as literary crime, with a very character driven and detailed storyline.The book begins with an elderly woman, accompanied by a young boy, who discovers the bodies of Sir Paul Berowne, a Minister of the Crown, and a tramp, named Harry Mack, in the vestry of a St Matthews Church. Berowne was an acquaintance of Dalgliesh and, although they had only met a couple of times, it makes the crime a little more personal. Dalgliesh, along with DCI John Massingham and DI Kate Miskin, begin to unravel the reasons why a respected, wealthy man, like Berowne, was found murdered, sleeping in a church.This has a good cast of characters, possible suspects, and motives. I particularly liked Mrs Wharton, who appears at the very beginning of the book, alongside the young, roguish, Darren. I also enjoyed Kate Miskin, and her changing, sometimes difficult, relationship with Massingham. At times, James gets a little bogged down in detail, and description, but, overall, this is a really excellent addition to the series and well as, in places, being truly poignant.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book
*by K***S on 18 December 2022*

It is a masterpiece of the genre of mystery novel/. Though Ms James was a very conservative person and member of the establisment her books , especially this one cut through the decayed class system of the British society via the study of murder.

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