An edition of Death in Holy Orders (2001)

Meurtres en soutane

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An edition of Death in Holy Orders (2001)

Meurtres en soutane

  • 4.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 17 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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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 Globe

Open the exclusive dossier at the back of this book, featuring P. D. James’ essay on penning the perfect detective novel.

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French
Pages
549

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2003, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st American trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: Meurtres en soutane
Meurtres en soutane
March 5, 2003, Le Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2003, Penguin Books
in English - Film and TV tie-in edition.
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2002, Penguin books
Texte imprime / in English
Cover of: Meurtres en soutane
Meurtres en soutane
2002, Éd. France loisirs
in French
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2002, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2002, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2001, Random House Large Print
in English - 1st large print ed.
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2001, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Death in Holy Orders
Death in Holy Orders
2001, QPD
in English
Cover of: Death in holy orders
Death in holy orders
2001, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English - 1st American ed.

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Pagination
549 p.
Number of pages
549

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32125251M
Internet Archive
meurtresensoutan0000jame
ISBN 10
2744151920
ISBN 13
9782744151927
OCLC/WorldCat
470329453

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