A Taste for Death (James novel)

A Taste for Death
First edition
AuthorP. D. James
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAdam Dalgliesh #7
GenreCrime, mystery
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
1986
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages454 (hardback first edition)
ISBN0-571-13799-7
OCLC15018788
823/.914 19
LC ClassPR6060.A467 T3 1986b
Preceded byDeath of an Expert Witness 
Followed byDevices and Desires 

A Taste for Death is a 1986 crime novel by the British writer P. D. James, the seventh in the popular Commander Adam Dalgliesh series. The novel won the Silver Dagger in 1986, losing out on the Gold to Ruth Rendell's Live Flesh. It was nominated for a Booker Prize in 1987.[1] The book has been adapted for television and radio.

  1. ^ Leader, Zachary (2003). On Modern British Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-199-24933-6.