A Taste for Death is a TV mini-series directed by John Davies in 1988 and based on the book of the same name by P.D. James, first published in 1986. The TV series features Roy Marsden, Wendy Hiller, Fiona Fullerton, Penny Downie, Avril Elgar, Oliver Ford Davies, and others.
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Storyline
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, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order?
Movie vs Book
Year
1988
Minutes
50
Movie Rate
7.90
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TV Mini-Series
A Taste for Death
Director: John Davies
Country: UK
Year: 1988
Length: 50m / 6 episodes
Year
1986
Pages
459
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
A Taste for Death
Author: P.D. James
Country: UK
First published in: 1986
Length: 459 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Adam Dalgliesh
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