A Taste for Death (P.D. James novel)

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Title A Taste for Death
Author P. D. James
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Adam Dalgliesh series
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Faber and Faber
Released June 9 1986
Media type Print (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages 454 pp (hardback first edition)
ISBN ISBN 0571137997
Preceded by The Skull Beneath the Skin
Followed by Devices and Desires

A Taste for Death is a crime novel by British writer P. D. James, seventh in the popular Commander Adam Dalgliesh series. The novel won the Silver Dagger in 1986, losing out on the Gold to Ruth Rendell's Live Flesh. It has also been adapted for television.

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