A Taste For Death
An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
In this "treat for mystery lovers” (USA Today), the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, and Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum. Dalgliesh is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel—now in its third season!
Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew’s Church, Paddington. Their throats have been brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a recently-resigned government minister; the other is a homeless man known only as a local alcoholic.
Their deaths will be the first case for Commander Dalgliesh’s new team, who have been tasked with investigating crimes of particular sensitivity. But as the Berowne family’s veneer of prosperous gentility begins…