A little too procedural for my tastes but it's still a pretty decent mystery read. As a Christian minister (and former Seminarian), I was intrigued by the religious aspect of the story and PD James does not let me down in that regard. However, I wonder if I would have liked it as much if I did not have such a deep knowledge of the subject as it is a little dry. A good read nonetheless but I don't know if I'll be rushing out to get too many PD James novels in the near future.