A Taste for Death: The classic locked-room murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian)
Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesTwo 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.'Compulsive . . . heart-pounding suspense.' Sunday Times'Splendidly suspenseful . . . A triumph and a treat.'Guardian
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