num_pages: 513
description: Two bodies, their throats cut with brutal precision, lie in a waste of blood in the dingy vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington. One is an alcoholic tramp; the other, Sir Paul Berowne, a recently resigned Minister of the Crown. Dalgliesh arrives to begin his investigations.
language: English
title: A Taste for Death
titlecomplete: A Taste for Death
characters: Stephen Lampart, Evelyn Matlock, Adam Dalgliesh, Kate Miskin, Ursula Berowne, John Massingham, Miles Kynaston, Father Barnes, Emily Wharton, Barbara Berowne, Sarah Berowne, Dominic Swayne, Paul Berowne, Ivor Garrod, Carole Washburn, Harry Mack, Darren Wilkes
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 15362
places: England, London, England
series: Adam Dalgliesh
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
category: Romans étrangers (tie), awardedAt: 504950400000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen
publisher: Penguin