Death in Holy Orders [Hardcover]

P. D. James (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Knopf (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0676973906
• ISBN-13: 978-0676973907
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,742,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars James is at her best!, November 11, 2003

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Billy J. Hobbs "Bill Hobbs" (Tyler, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death in Holy Orders (Hardcover)

Whether she's the reigning "Queen of Crime" or not (and she probably doesn't care!),
P.D. James is unbeatable with the police procedural. And her latest, "Death in Holy
Orders" is, once again, James par excellence. What scope, what depth, what sheer writing
talent when it comes to a gripping, mesmerizing, no-holds-barred whodunit! James
brushes aside her critics and continues writing in the way she knows best, unassuming and
literate, psychological and breath-taking!

And her main man, Adam Dalgleish is back, along with his trusted assistants, Kate Miskin
and Piers Tarrant, as the superintendent enters ecclesiastical waters in this episode. A
theological student has been found dead on the East Anglian shore, a tragedy ruled
"accidental." However, pressed by the student's father, Dalgleish re-examines the ruling
and James is off to the races in typical (read that "exciting") style. Known as the "dark
poet of Scotland Yard," Dalgleish finds himself, once again, in familiar territory, as he
recalls having visited the College of St. Anselm in his youth; however, momentary nostalgia
aside, he finds more than he could possibly have anticipated. Of course, there is soon
another death and Dalgleish's own "little gray cells" begin working overtime! Indeed, this
may be the more horrifying case he's encountered, as James explores evil as she's never
done before.

Once again, James takes some time to present Dalgleish, the man, as well. Each of the

books in his series provides more and more insight into this incredibly complex policeman.
Dalgleish fans will welcome this, of course. "Death in Holy Orders" is yet another of those
books that find themselves almost impossible to put down. James and Dalgleish--what a
combination, what a read!