THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE -QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME- (Guardian)
-A legend.- VAL MCDERMID
-P. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.- MICK HERRON
-One of the best mysteries I have had the pleasure to read.- 5* reader review
PERFECT FOR FANS OF VAL MCDERMID, RUTH RENDELL AND ELLY GRIFFITHS
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No one joins the murder squad who hasn-t a taste for death.
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 sensiti