A Taste For Death
Author: P.D. James
In one of the most convoluted and difficult investigations of his career Inspector Dalgliesh and his assistant are called upon to investigate a crime that involves Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown…..Read More
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