A Taste for Death vs Death in Holy Orders: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adam Dalgliesh, Dalgliesh, Police, England, Mystery, Fiction
A Taste for Death
When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie,…
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Death in Holy Orders
From Amazon.com: From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight. On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Death in Holy Orders has the widest readership — 18182 ratings behind its score.
- A Taste for Death runs the darker storyline; Death in Holy Orders stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Taste for Death | Death in Holy Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (17023) | 3.9 (18182) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (18) | 3.8 (17) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (149) | 4.5 (236) |
Reception
| A Taste for Death | Death in Holy Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17023 | 18182 |
| Editions | 50 | 45 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5147 | 4267 |
| Reading it now | 1115 | 1182 |
| Written reviews | 788 | 1019 |
| Wikipedia attention | 870 | 2445 |
| Pages | 480 | 438 |