Adam Dalgliesh · Book 11
Death in Holy Orders
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN-13
- 9780375413841
- Type
- novel
About this book
Death in Holy Orders (2001) is the eleventh Dalgliesh novel and a turning point in the series: it introduces novelist Emma Lavenham, whose slow romance with the reserved, widowed Commander threads through the remaining books. At 496 pages, it sits between A Certain Justice and The Murder Room.
Its place in Adam Dalgliesh
Death in Holy Orders is book 11 in the Adam Dalgliesh series. It follows A Certain Justice. It is followed by The Murder Room. See the full Adam Dalgliesh reading order.
Adam Dalgliesh is a Scotland Yard Commander who is also a published, critically respected poet -- a deliberate pairing that lets P. D. James write murder mysteries with the density and moral seriousness of literary fiction. Across fourteen novels spanning nearly half a century, James sets her cases in tightly closed, institutional worlds -- a forensic science lab, a theological college, a private psychiatric clinic, a publishing house, a remote island retreat -- and uses the murder investigation to expose the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780375413841