num_pages: 448
description: 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 GlobeOpen the exclusive dossier at the back of this book, featuring P. D. James’ essay on penning the perfect detective novel.
language: English
title: Death in Holy Orders
titlecomplete: Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)
characters: Brian Miles, Agatha Betterton, Father John Betterton, Father Sebastian Morell, Clive Stannard, Irfon Jones, Kate Miskin, Stacey Whetstone, Henry Bloxham, Charlie Parker, Mike Parker, Giles, Dr. Mallinson, Sir Alred Treeves, Elsie Bardurell, Brian Clark, Archdeacon Crampton, Peter Jackson, Paul Perronet, Shirley Legge, Clara Arbuthnot, Mrs. Mellois, Robbins, Mr. Norris, Miles Kynaston, Harkness, Raphael Arbuthnot, Roger Yarwood, Piers Tarrant, George Gregory, Marcus Treeves, Ronald Treeves, Mark Ayling, Mildred Fawcett, Eric Surtees, Ruby Pilbeam, Margaret Munroe, Father Peregrine Glover, Mr. Mellish, Adam Dalgliesh, George Metcalf, Karen Surtees, Emma Lavenham, Charlie Ferris, Father Martin Petrie, Barney Parker, Stephen Morby
genres: Audiobook, Religion, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 16533
places: East Anglia, England
series: Adam Dalgliesh
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Premio Pepe Carvalho
publisher: Ballantine Books