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Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh, #11)

P.D. James

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

Discussion: Group Challenges

Why we're reading this: The last but one in our 2020 PD James challenge.
[close] The last but one in our 2020 PD James challenge.

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Dec 01, 2022 Julie Durnell rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, pd-james

It's taken me a good half of the series to really start to enjoy the Dalgliesh books, and this one was very good. So many red herrings and rabbit trails-I was stumped to figure out the culprit and even when it was revealed I was thinking it was actually going to turn out to be someone else! It will be interesting to see if love has found Dalgliesh after all. ...more

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Jun 07, 2009 Robin rated it it was ok

Goodreads needs another rating between "I hated it" and "It was ok". I can't at all recommend this book, but I don't wish it destroyed either. (And yes, there are some books I wish destroyed!)

I would like to be able to say I liked Death in Holy Orders because I've seen Masterpiece Theatre productions of PD James' work on PBS and thought them really good. I really like her Dalgliesh character, and I love a convoluted mystery.

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But, though the book has a total of 4 murders to solve, ...more

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Nov 07, 2022 Anna Adams rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Love PD James. Hadn't read one in a while. She's amazing at setting. Even in short stories, a collection of which I read just after I read this. ...more

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