A Taste for Death

A restrained, talky British mystery that unfolds through interviews and class tensions, rewarding patience with quiet unease rather than thrills.

Created by

P. D. James

Genres

Mystery, Drama, Crime

Starring

Roy Marsden, Wendy Hiller, Fiona Fullerton

Overview

Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde

How it feels

Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Mystery, deception, family, betrayal

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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