A Taste for Death
by James, P D
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate corner (4 short) and spine creasing (single).
- ISBN 10
- 0140129545
- ISBN 13
- 9780140129540
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
An Adam Dalgliesh MysteryTwo men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, thier throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.17210000617
- Title
- A Taste for Death
- Author
- James, P D
- Illustrator
- Walker, James (Cover photo by).
- Format/Binding
- Mass-market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate corner (4 short) and spine creasing (single).
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. 1st Penguin PB.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140129545
- ISBN 13
- 9780140129540
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
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