Richard Derrington and Deborah McAndrew star in this gripping BBC Radio 4 Full Cast dramatization of the award-winning Inspector Dalgliesh mystery, '' A Taste for Death ,'' P. D. James' enduringly popular mystery. When two men are discovered with their throats cut in the vestry of St. Matthew's Church, the police are faced with an intriguing challenge, for one of the victims was ex-government minister Sir Paul Berowne, the other Harry Mack, a local tramp and alcoholic. For Commander Adam Dalgliesh, now heading a Scotland Yard unit set up to investigate politically sensitive crimes, the case is particularly affecting - he had known Berowne, and the minister had asked for his help regarding an anonymous letter shortly before his resignation. Could the letter, implicating Berowne in the deaths of two women, be linked to the bodies in the vestry? How are Berowne's wife and family involved - and what is the relationship between Berowne and the tramp? Aided by Inspector Kate Miskin and Chief Inspector John Massingham, Dalgliesh must answer these questions to uncover the truth . . . Written by P. D. James / First broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on November 10, 2008 / Last broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on November 21, 2008 / Number of episodes: ten Cast & Credits : Commander Adam Dalgliesh: Richard Derrington / DI Kate Miskin: Deborah McAndrews / DCI John Massingham: Mark Carey / Lady Ursula Berowne, Iris Minns, Millicent Gentle: Auriol Smith / Barbara Berowne: Sonia Ritter / Stephen Lampart: David Birrell / Sarah Berowne, Evelyn Matlock: Octavia Walters / Dominic Swayne, Igor Garrod: Richard Katz / Father Barnes, Henry: Rob Swinton / Carole Washburn: Liz Sutherland / Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild / Dramatized by Neville Teller / Studio managers: Michael Harrison, Hywel Payne / Broadcast assistant: Sue Ward P. D. James , English crime writer, is the author of numerous detective novels, many of which were New York Times bestsellers. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British civil service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of the Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest . The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was named Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.