Death in Holy Orders

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Death in Holy Orders
Author P. D. James
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Adam Dalgliesh # 11
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Faber & Faber
Publication date 2001
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 640 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-375-43117-9 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by A Certain Justice
Followed by The Murder Room

Death in Holy Orders is a 2001 detective novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James. It is set in an Anglican theological college, called Saint Anselm's, on the coast of East Anglia.

The novel centers around the murder of an Anglican Archdeacon, who comes to inspect the premises, and subsequent murders on the Church grounds. The book gives insight into the structure of the Anglican Church and its priest training.

The novel was adapted for television as part of a BBC series of made-for-TV movies.[1]