Death in Holy Orders

Set in her beloved East Anglia, Death in Holy Orders is the fourteenth novel in P.D. James's Adam Dalgliesh series and a thrilling work of crime fiction filled with intrigue and suspense.

Now a major Channel 5 series

'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times

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.

Now a major Channel 5 series

'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times

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. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to pay a visit to the young man's theological college, St Anselm's, a place he knew as a boy, expecting no more than a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence. Instead he finds himself embroiled in intrigue, secrets and mystery as the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder . . .

'Thoroughly gripping.' Guardian

'Pure pleasure.' Spectator