The lighthouse
by P. D. James
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Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team.
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Murder, Police, Investigation, Fiction, Islands, Seaside resorts, Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fiction, Cornwall (england : county), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Mystery, Large type books, Suspense fiction, English fiction, Fiction.esPeople
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The lighthouse: an Adam Dalgliesh mystery
2006, Vintage Canada
in English
- Vintage Canada ed.
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The Lighthouse - The New Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
2006, Vintage Books / Random House
Paperback
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The lighthouse
2005, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
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The Lighthouse: an Adam Dalgliesh mystery
2005, Random House Large Print
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A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders.Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. He is uncertain about his future with his girlfriend Emma Lavenham; his principle detective Kate Miskin is going through an emotional crisis; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is not happy about having a female boss. After a second brutal killing, the whole investigation is jeopardized, and Dalgliesh is faced with a danger even more insidious than murder.
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