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Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James

lnatal's review against another edition

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4.0

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of coast in East Anglia, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death.

rogerb's review against another edition

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5.0

This was my first P D James - not because I have been avoiding her but simple neglect.

I thought this was terrific: plausible characters and very hard to put down indeed. As they say, "Why do it", not "Whodunnit".

Her writing is very high grade: I'll read more of these.

bookmage's review against another edition

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4.0

P.D. James is always so good. The mysteries are fairly commonplace, but the characterization and the writing and usually the solution is just perfectly elegant and so beautiful. Just read this and everything she's ever written.

kizzia's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bengines's review against another edition

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3.0

ohhh pd. I love you, but there's some weird shit in here alongside the good stuff