num_pages: 448
description: The setting itself is elemental P. D. the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm’s. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school’s young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants—and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son’s death. Although there seems to be little to investigate, Dalgliesh agrees, largely out of nostal-gia for several happy summers he spent at St. Anselm’s as a boy. No sooner does he arrive, however, than the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself ineluctably drawn into the labyrinth of an intricate and violent mystery.Here P. D. James once more demonstrates her unrivalled skill in building a classic detective story into a fully realized novel, gripping as much for its psychological and emotional richness as for the originality and complexity of its plotting—and, of course, for the horror and suspense at its heart. Filled with unforgettable characters, brilliant in its evocation of the East Anglian scene and the religious background against which the action takes place, Death in Holy Orders again offers proof, if proof were needed, that P. D. James is not only the reigning master of the crime novel but also, simply, one of the finest novelists writing today.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Death In Holy Orders
titlecomplete: Death In Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)
characters: Irfon Jones, Barney Parker, Charlie Ferris, Miles Kynaston, Peter Jackson, Clara Arbuthnot, Robbins, Stephen Morby, Sir Alred Treeves, Roger Yarwood, Mark Ayling, Mrs. Mellois, Adam Dalgliesh, Kate Miskin, Eric Surtees, Ruby Pilbeam, Father John Betterton, Henry Bloxham, Father Sebastian Morell, Father Peregrine Glover, Piers Tarrant, Dr. Mallinson, Mr. Norris, Margaret Munroe, Archdeacon Crampton, Karen Surtees, Ronald Treeves, Elsie Bardurell, Mike Parker, Mr. Mellish, Brian Miles, Father Martin Petrie, Agatha Betterton, Raphael Arbuthnot, George Gregory, Marcus Treeves, Charlie Parker, Clive Stannard, Emma Lavenham, Brian Clark, Paul Perronet, Harkness, Giles, Stacey Whetstone, George Metcalf, Mildred Fawcett, Shirley Legge
genres: Fiction, Religion, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, 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