A Taste for Death

P. D. James · first published 1986 · ISBN 9780140129540

Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a former government minister and his lover discovered in the crypt of a London church. As the investigation widens, Dalgliesh finds himself navigating political pressure, institutional secrets, and personal betrayals. James writes the book partly through the perspectives of other police officers and civilians drawn into the orbit of the crime, making it less a puzzle to be solved than a tapestry of overlapping lives.