false<![CDATA[Death In Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165365147m/3825.jpg382528Despite challenges from Ruth Rendell and (more recently) Minette Walters, P.D. James's position as Britain's Queen of Crime remains largely unassailable. Although a certain reaction has set in to her reputation (and there are those who claim her poetry-loving copper Adam Dalgliesh doesn't correspond to any of his counterparts in the real world), her detractors can scarcely deny her astonishing literary gifts. More than any other writer, she has elevated the detective story into the realms of literature, with the psychology of the characters treated in the most complex and authoritative fashion. Her plots, too, are full of intriguing detail and studed with brilliantly observed character studies. Who cares if Dalgliesh belongs more in the pages of a book than poking around a graffiti-scrawled council estate? As a policeman, he is considerably more plausible than Doyle's Holmes, and that's never stopped us loving the Baker Street sleuth. <I>Death in Holy Orders</I> represents something of a challenge from James to her critics, taking on all the contentious elements and rigorously reinvigorating them. She had admitted that she was finding it increasingly difficult to find new plots for Dalgliesh, and the locale here (a theological college on a lonely stretch of the East Anglian coast) turns out to be an inspired choice. We're presented with the enclosed setting so beloved of golden age detective writers, and James is able to incorporate her theological interests seamlessly into the plot (but never in any doctrinaire way; the nonbeliever is never uncomfortable). The body of a student at the college is found on the shore, suffocated by a fall of sand. Dalgliesh is called upon to reexamine the verdict of accidental death (which the student's father would not accept). Having visited the College of St. Anselm in his boyhood, he finds the investigation has a strong nostalgic aspect for him. But that is soon overtaken by the realization that he has encountered the most horrific case of his career, and another visitor to the college dies a horrible death. As an exploration of evil--and as a piece of highly distinctive crime writing--this is James at her nonpareil best. Dalgliesh, too, is rendered with new dimensions of psychological complexity. <I>--Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk</I>7287492001Death In Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)total:1264|5:245|4:603|3:358|2:49|1:9|1264481815849831falsefalseFri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006Sun Feb 08 21:57:18 -0800 2009Sun Feb 08 22:09:05 -0800 2009
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20falsefalseThu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Apr 22 12:06:04 -0700 2009Fri May 01 10:51:37 -0700 2009 This book was as predictable as it was long. From the first scene portrayed in the book, the conclusion is obvious. It seems as if James is trying to sneak little clues in so when the reader finishes (shocked, of course, at the outcome "I NEVER saw ...more...]]>
20falsefalseSat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Jul 30 20:41:49 -0700 2009Mon Aug 10 09:51:26 -0700 20091 I'm sure I would have liked this better if I'd known more about Dalgliesh (the detective) before reading it. James doesn't explain too much about him--which I like because although it's #11 in the 'series' I easily picked it up and read it. On ...more...]]>
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Yes, tis my first. Which means I don't have much by which I can discriminate the good mystery from the bad. But as a story itself, I am amazed at how much I enjoyed being wrapped up in the who-done-it... especially since I didn't read it to for that end.
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Narrator: Charles Keating Publisher: Random House AudioBooks, 2001 Length: 12 hours
The setting itself is elemental P.D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm's....more...]]>
40falsefalseFri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun May 31 16:33:16 -0700 2009Sun May 31 16:42:23 -0700 2009 Noticed with this book how many of the characters...more...]]>
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